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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
7/4/1897Alluri Seetaram Raju, freedom fighter, was born in a Kshatriya clan in Andhra Pradesh. He is rememberred as one of the great sons of India in the annals of Indian history who fought valiantly for his motherland in the early period of the freedom movement.
12/5/1933Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
5/30/1977Express Train fell into Beki river in Assam killing 44 persons.
7/18/1634Joannes Camphuys, Governor General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), was born.
4/18/1917Gandhi saw one of his testing grounds of Satyagraha in Champaran. He defied section 144 of Criminal Act.
1/24/1999The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
1/6/1664Chhatrapati Shivaji attacked on Surat.
4/3/1912M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.