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Historical Event on 8/15/1997
Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/3/1948 | Surendra Pratap Singh, famous journalist and chief editor of Navbharat Times, was born. |
| 12/3/1948 | Pieter de Carpentier, flemish Governor General of Dutch East-Indies, was born. |
| 1/31/2000 | All seven accused in the Jain hawala case discharged. |
| 3/27/1999 | World No. 2 Viswanathan Anand won the title with a round to spare in the rapid section of the Amber rapid and blindfold chess tournaments in Monte Carlo. |
| 6/17/1993 | Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation . |
| 7/26/1975 | Anti-government demonstrations held in Gujarat, defying the emergency law prohibiting such demonstrations. |
| 11/7/1908 | N. R. Shede (Annasaheb), litterateur and editor, was born. |
| 8/15/1997 | Freedom fighter's pension to be doubled from the existing Rs. 1,500. |
| 11/17/1921 | Princes of Wales came to India. |
| 3/4/1919 | Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born. |
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