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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
1/29/1870'Hicleche Bengal Gazette' newspaper published in India.
6/2/1955A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
10/18/1996Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to be the venue for the trial of former PM Rao.
12/25/1937Pitambar Datt Kaushika, great educationist, was born at Bulandshahar.
6/18/1991Congress emerges as the largest party in Lok Sabha polls though short of an absolute majority.
2/18/1911World' s first official airmail flight service with 6,500 letters and post cards was made between Bamrauli to Naini (Allahabad) on February 18, 1911.
12/8/1999Dr. Shankar K. Pal of the Indian Statistical Institute selected for the G.D. Birla Award for 1999.
10/5/1997Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
1/3/1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.