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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/12/1906Gandhiji support the ""Home Rule"" for India in the name of ''justice and for good of humanity"".
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
8/28/1976Second World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.
4/24/1993IA's Delhi-Srinagar Boeing with 141 persons, hijacked by a Kashmiri militant lands, in Amritsar.
2/17/1948Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was re-designated as the 5th Battalion the 8th Gorkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles).
9/12/1993Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.
2/4/1992National Renewal Fund for industries set up.
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
6/6/1999Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.