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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
2/3/1925First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
1/22/1986Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Awards instituted.
5/16/1995Government of India decides not to extend the validity of TADA Act.
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
10/18/1901Mahatma Gandhi sails for India.
3/17/1769To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.
1/5/1994Jnanpith Award was given to U. R. Anantha Murthy (Kannada).
6/2/1990Sri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away. (27-6-91).
1/18/1997India's first electric car 'Reva' launched in Bangalore.