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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
4/2/1991Asom Gana Parishad splits.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
6/13/196660 people were killed in a collision between two suburban trains of Bombay.
10/24/1991Ismat Chugtai, famous Urdu author, social worker and campaigner for justice for women, died at the age of 80 years.
3/20/1921Dr. P. C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra, was born.
5/6/1967Dr. Zakir Hussain elected President.
12/21/2000Women's Bill put off again.
9/16/1995Prime Minister inducts 16 new members into his Council of Ministers and elevates three deputy ministers to the rank of Ministers of State.
7/29/1999Bandh in Mumbai to protest against the verdict barring Bal Thackeray from voting and contesting any election till December 10, 2001.
4/14/1659Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.