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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
12/25/1964Anil Kaul, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), was born in Amritsar, India.
12/22/1853Saradamoni Devi was born in Jairambati of Hooghly district.
12/22/1853Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
2/17/1698Aurangzeb fell to Jinjee fort, seat of Maratha power, after eight-year siege.
9/22/1937The last contingent of Indian freedom fighters was send to Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
8/1/1957National Book Trust inaugurated.
11/29/1644The Massachusetts General Court issued a call for local pastors to learn the dialects of neighboring Indian tribes as an aid toward converting them to the Christian faith.
7/3/1979Construction of the main second Howrah Bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) started.
7/25/1992Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma sworn in as the ninth President of India. He remain in this office from July 25, 1992 to July 25, 1997.
9/9/2000Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.