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Historical Event on 8/1/1997

Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/26/1950Tirumalai Echambadi Srinivasan, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1981), was born in Madras.
2/3/1994Akash' missile launched successfully.
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.
5/23/1995TADA expires and new Anti-Terrorists Activities Law proposed. Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 1995, voting put off; Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 1995.
4/21/1993India announces establishing proof in Pakistan's complicity in Bombay bomb blasts.
2/1/1929Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born.
9/1/1965Pakistan launched Operation 'Grand Slam' in Chhamb sector aimed at Akhnoor in Jammu. Indians had battled Pakistanis in air and on ground at Kashmir.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.