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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
9/26/1999Six selected for Shanti Swaroop award for Science.
12/14/1998The Government introduces the controversial Women's Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
12/14/1998King Birbal, renowned wit and one amongst the 'Navratna' of Emperor Akbar's Court, died in a war with Usuf Jard Kabile.
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
11/17/1986SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
6/1/1997Ghulam Rasool Wani, National Conference leader, kidnapped and shot dead by militants at Kaskot in Doda district, Jammu.
3/1/1924Naresh Mehta was born.
8/3/1985Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service goes to Baba Amte.
9/7/1906Bank of India, the first Indian bank, was registered.