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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
10/3/1907Mansukhlal Maganlal Zaveri, famous Gujrati poet and critic, was born.
1/1/1877Queen Victoria was proclaimed as 'The Empress of India' in Delhi Darbar.
7/1/1997Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.
7/21/1907Gulam Mohamad Bakshi, former Prime Minister Jammu and Kashmir, was born.
8/21/2000Mahatma Gandhi's daughter-in-law Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi dies in Wardha. She was 91.
7/13/1974India's first one-day international was played vs England at Headingley.
3/12/1992A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
6/25/1943No. 8 Squadron started functioning absorbing the remaining coastal defence flight personnel, and also issued with a vengeance to achieve operational status.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
2/12/1990Assembly election in Manipur.