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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
8/17/1970The first microwave link, which was set up without foreign assistance, was commissioned between Asansol, Dhanbad and Ranchi.
4/9/1999K. Sasikiran won the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare in Nagpur.
8/19/1944The last Japanese troops driven out of India.
10/31/1955The Prime Minister inaugurated the Cooperative Milk Producers' Union factory at Anand, Gujarat.
3/23/1962Nawab of Pataudi captains Indian cricket team vs WI at the age of 21 years 77 days.
4/1/1933Indian Air Force was established at Drigh Road in Karachi (now in Pakistan). Subroto Mukherjee and four other officers were inducted as pilots when the first Indian Air Force Squadron was formed. The first aircraft flight joined the Indian Air Force, at that time it possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers); its aircraft inventory comprised four Westland Wapiti II. A army co-operation biplaned at Drigh Road as the ""A"" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co-operation) Squadron.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
9/9/1952Kishorlal Ghanshamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, passed away.
8/17/1944Indian Viceroy Viscount Wavell rejects Gandhi's request to discuss war support in return for Indian independence.