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Historical Event on 7/15/1997

Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
12/6/1946Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London.
12/23/1902Chaudhary Charan Singh was born at Noopur village in Hapur Tehsil near Meerut. He was a freedom fighter and had done many deeds for upliftment of Agriculture in India. He was the Prime Minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
8/15/1969Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy.
3/25/1898Dalpatrai (Dalpatram Dahyabhai Trawadi), modern Gujrati poet, passed away.
7/15/1948Establishment of 'PEPS' (Patiyala and East Punjab States Union).
5/6/1922Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and social reformer of Kolhapur, passed away at Bombay. He was 48.
4/18/1971Gavaskar makes 220 in second innings vs West Indies after 124 in first.
1/3/1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.