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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian Zonal Women's Chess tournament in Tehran.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1996India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
7/5/1857Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow.
1/21/1997First group of bank documents relating to Bofors case handed over to Indian Government.
12/15/195760 Harijans enter the Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi.
10/5/1997Kiran Bedi, India's first woman police officer, was awarded the Joseph Beuys prize for her work in reforming the largest prison of the country.
4/16/1997Govt. orders foreign and domestic airlines to install air safety systems by the end of 1998. Aircraft with more than 30 seats that do not have Airborne Collision Avoidance System and transponders not to be allowed into Indian airpace from 1/1/99.
12/11/1998Kavi Pradeep (84), poet who received 1998 Dadasaheb Phalke award, dies in Mumbai. He was a patriotic song writer and wrote several immortal Hindi film songs.
12/11/1998Guru Angad Dev, Sikh Guru, passed away.
9/23/1996Sitaram Kesri elected provisional president of Congress (I).