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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1640Britishers were allowed to do commercial activities in Madras.
4/7/2000The Delhi police unearth a multicrore cricket betting and match- fixing racket involving five South African cricketers, including the captain Hansie Cronje. A Delhi-based Indian operator Rajesh Kalra put behind bars.
3/12/1996Last session of the 10th Lok Sabha ends.
9/4/1996Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).
1/22/1877Tarun Ram Phookun, ''Deshabhakta'', great lawyer, orator, eminent writer and President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928, was born in Gauhati, district Kamrup, Assam.
2/24/1986Rukmini Devi passed away.
6/13/1731Swedish East India Company was formed. For 15 years King Fredrick of Sweden gave the Company a charter.
7/25/1813First boat race started at Calcutta on the Hooghly river where seven sailing boats had competed.
4/15/1956A combined army and police action against well armed Naga rebels.
10/16/1788Maratha's crowned Shahaalam as king of Delhi.