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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
10/3/1831Britishers captured Mysore.
11/16/1991Madhukar Karekar, famous journalist, died
4/25/1982India's first telecast colour broadcasting started on Dordarshan.
10/19/1925B. Shankaranand, former central minister, was born.
9/14/1971Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, famous Bengali litterateur, died.
2/11/1933First edition of weekly ""Harijan"" edited by Mahatma Gandhi was published from Pune in English and Hindi.
7/15/1991Jagannathrao Joshi, veteran leader of Janata Party `Karnataka Kesri', died.
2/25/1977Second satellite Earth Station established at Dehradun.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
2/9/1993Congress (I), AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu breaks over Hindi imposition.