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Historical Event on 8/15/1997

The Government bans doctors from determining the sex of the foetus.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/26/1931New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies.
11/5/1956University Grants Commission Act sets up UGC.
12/12/1872Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born.
2/11/1997India and Russia agree on a package of trade and economic cooperation measures, following Foreign Minister I K Gujral's discussions in Moscow.
2/4/1944Japanese attack Indian Seventh Army at Burma
8/23/1947Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was sworn is as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
1/21/1963East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin.
12/9/1825Tula Ram Rao, one of the revolutionary heroes of the 1857 and Sepoy Mutiny, was born.
8/16/1997Bodo extremists kill 13 villagers in Nalbari district in Assam.
5/20/1972Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of 2nd Howrah bridge at Calcutta.