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Historical Event on 10/15/1997
Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1987 | India and Sri Lanka sign peace accord at Colombo in a bid to end the 5-year old ethnic trouble. This stance taken thereafter by the LTTE added several dimensions to the scenario. It was a multi-purpose role that the Navy has been required to play. |
| 6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
| 6/12/1997 | Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh. |
| 6/16/1990 | GOI announces higher procurement/minimum support prices for all major kharif crops. |
| 5/8/1997 | India decides to import currency notes for the first time. |
| 7/5/1916 | Archik Venkatesh Gopalkrishna, great poet, journalist and orator, was born at Dharwar, Mysore. |
| 6/9/1909 | Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born. |
| 4/1/1882 | Savings Bank Postal system was introduced. |
| 3/1/1905 | Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born. |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
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