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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
6/14/1991Punjab was declared ""disturbed area""; army deployed.
5/10/1905Pankaj Malik, music director, was born.
7/21/1988Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1C) launched. This is operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It served for only one and a half years. It was launched by European Ariane launch vehicle Ariane-3.
11/6/1962National Defence Council established.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
2/27/1990Polls in Pondicherry and eight states.
12/29/1996Trishul', surface-to-air missile successfully tested.
1/24/1958First international Film Festival started in Mumbai.
9/6/1995New broad gauge train ""Palace on Wheels"" started between Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.