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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 |
| 4/17/1926 | Chandrashekhar, eighth Prime Minister of India, was born. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
| 3/23/1923 | Hemu Kalani, revolutionary freedom fighter, was born at Sukkur, Sind. He was held for removing of fishplates which caused derailment of British Wagon. |
| 4/5/1663 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune. |
| 1/26/1931 | Gandhiji was unconditionally released from prison. |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
| 8/1/1882 | Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, was born at Allahabad (U.P.). |
| 9/9/1999 | Mahesh Bhupathi and Ai Sugiyama won the mixed doubles title in the U.S. Open. |
| 9/19/1997 | India wins the Sahara Cup by winning the third match too. |
| 8/4/1894 | Narayan Sitaram Phadke, famous Hindi writer, was born at Karjat. |
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