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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
1/19/1982Mizo National Front and allied organizations declared illegal.
6/23/1985Air India Jumbo Jet Boeing 747 'Kanishka' which was travelling to Mumbai from Montreal crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after explosion near Ireland. 329 people on board died.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
8/27/1987B. Shankaranand appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee to enquire into the Bofors gun deal.
9/23/1992Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
9/27/1995Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.
2/25/1923S. Kumaran, political, social reformer and Trade Union worker, was born in Alleppey, Kerala.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
11/20/1969Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs Australia in Kanpur.