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Historical Event on 7/15/1997
Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/16/1968 | Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon along with their wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 7/31/1988 | Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM, AVSM, VM. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. |
| 12/22/1751 | Battle of Mandavgargh. |
| 5/5/1944 | Gandhi-Jinnah talks break down on Pakistan issue. |
| 7/13/1913 | Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar . |
| 1/8/1906 | Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated. |
| 8/6/1933 | Kripal Singh Govindsingh, Amritsar, India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959, was born at Madras. |
| 11/8/2000 | Queen Ingrid (90), Denmark's Swedish born queen mother and great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in Copenhagen. |
| 6/19/1997 | Indian flag cargo ship, M. V. Arcadia Pride, sinks in inclement weather, seven nautical miles off Colaba, Mumbai, leaving four sailors dead and 20 missing. In the rescue and search operation by the Indian Navy, nine persons were rescued. |
| 6/25/1994 | Bombay's former underworld don Haji Masthan Mirza passed away. |
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