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Historical Event on 8/2/1987

Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/22/1984R. Venkataraman was elected the Vice President of India (1984 -1987).
1/6/1997Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
6/20/1995Mayavati Government wins vote of confidence.
10/19/1983Union Government takes over the management of 13 textile undertakings in Bombay; marathon strike in cotton textile industry ends.
9/12/1931Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.
1/31/1949Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.
10/2/1971Gandhi Sadan was handed over to the nation.
7/8/1996Suspended Dy. Municipal Commisioner Khairnar to be removed by Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
10/9/1992Sukha and Jinda, assassins of former army chief Gen. A. S. Vaidya, hanged in Pune jail.