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Historical Event on 8/15/1997
The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/1/1997 | Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men. |
| 10/20/1997 | All India Hindu Conference begins at Hardwar. |
| 6/28/1883 | Shivprasad Gupta, social reformer, politician, leader, philanthropist, freedom fighter and educationist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 1/5/1985 | Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies. |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 6/22/1955 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 4/9/1999 | K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur. |
| 11/11/1906 | Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhi Raman, politician and social worker, was born at Madras. |
| 7/31/1993 | Transport operators begin nation-wide strike. |
| 12/22/1853 | Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district. |
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