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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
6/1/1959The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India.
9/4/1990Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.
7/2/1929Amritlal Basu, famous Bengali playwright, died.
8/12/2000Neelam Jaswant Singh heaves the discus to a National mark (59.53m) in the Travancore National circuit athletics meet in Thiurvananthapuram.
3/27/1996President and Governors of respective states issue notifications for elections to the 11th Lok Sabha and 6 State Assemblies.
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
10/18/1997Prince Philip switches on the internet version of Malayala Manorama and The Week at Kochi.
9/16/1955Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81.
8/9/1966Heroes of the 1942 movement were honoured at a rally in Red Fort.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.