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Historical Event on 10/15/1997
Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/18/1927 | Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce was established. |
| 2/8/1986 | For the first time in the country, pre-paid taxi sevice scheme was established at New Delhi airport. |
| 12/11/1993 | Shankar Dayal Sharma, President, inaugurates the extended new wing of Nagpur Vidhan Bhavan. |
| 7/16/1969 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFC. became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 15/01/1973. |
| 8/2/1922 | Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/24/1908 | Gopinath, famous Kathakali dancer, was born. |
| 6/24/1908 | Turkish Armada retired.The arrival of a new Portuguese fleet. |
| 7/22/1991 | Pandit Basavraj Rajguru, great singer, passed away. |
| 10/30/1908 | Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar, freedom fighter and social worker, was born at Pasumpon village, Tamil Nadu. |
| 1/1/1997 | 30-year Ganga water sharing treaty between India and Bangladesh takes effect. |
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