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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
3/9/1990Lalu Prasad Yadav to form JD Ministry in Bihar.
2/18/1945Kal Yug' era passed away.
3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
9/13/1992Union government decides to form a National Human Rights Commission.
10/19/1910Subrahamanyam Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore. He was one of the world's leading astrophysicists. For his contributions to the study of stars, Chandrasekhar had received the highest award in Science, the Noble Prize in Physics in 1983.
6/6/1997New economic grouping BIST-EC (Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka-Thailand Economic Cooperation forum) comes into being.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
5/25/1990Jag Mohan, J&K Governor, resigns. Girish Chandra Saxena appointed new Governor.
4/12/2000Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani.
4/12/2000Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan was born.