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Historical Event on 12/15/1997

Magsaysay award winning litterateur Mahasweta Devi, Sitar maestro Annapurna Devi and Rabindra Sangeet exponent Suchitra Mitra honoured with 'Desikottam' by Visva Bharati University.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
6/17/1928Pandit Gop Bandhu Das, famous writer, social worker and the creator of Orissa, passed away.
7/29/1980India won Gold Medal in Hockey at Moscow Olympics.
2/23/1969Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
1/25/1992Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'.
6/17/1961The HF-24 Marut supersonic fighter, designed by German engineer Kurt Tank, makes its maiden flight.
12/22/1947Dilip Rasiklal Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi), was born in Rajkot.
2/23/1997Justice J. S. Verma appointed Chief Justice of India.