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Historical Event on 7/15/1997

Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1923Shekh Mubarak Ali Ayaj, Sindhi litterateur, was born.
10/9/1968Olympic Games open in Mexico City.
5/22/1993Congress (I) suffers reverses in the by-elections.
3/31/1992The PM to look after foreign affairs.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
11/20/1990Union Government asks Supreme Court to repeal the $470 million Bhopal Gas settlement order.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
3/3/1847Alexander Graham Bell, great pioneer, inventor and professor, was born at Edinburgh, Scotland.
2/1/1827Gordon's Esplanade building was established in Calcutta's Bengal Club.
12/1/1999Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister, is named ""`Woman of the Millennium'' in a BBC pol