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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
9/20/1932Gandhiji commences ""fast unto death"" (hunger strike) in Poona prison to secure abolition of separate electorates for Harijans and untouchables.
9/21/1996Rao resigns Congress Party President post.
12/5/1992Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
6/1/1998Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.
12/23/1889Mehr Chand Mahajan, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
5/12/1993Samsher Bahadur Singh, modern Hindi poet, passed away.
9/20/1998India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto.