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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
3/2/1938Chandrakumar Agarwala, assamia poet, passed away.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
1/18/1969Prajapita Brahma, great social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
5/22/1940Erapalli Anantrao Srinivasarao Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners, Right-arm Off-break Bowler), was born at Bangalore. He is also the receipent of Arjun Award (1968) and Padmashree (1970).
12/23/1912Rash Behari Ghosh and Sachin Sanyal threw a bomb at Viceroy Lord Hardinge II in Delhi. He had come to Delhi on an elephant for the initiation of the new capital. The Viceroy was injured in the bomb blast.
9/14/1933Gandhi declares one-year moratorium on civil disobedience in India.
5/31/1926Probir ""Khokhan"" Sen, cricket wicket-keeper (India in late 40's/early 50's), was born.
5/31/1926Origin of Fasli Era (India).
7/24/1999Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, died in Mumbai.