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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
3/7/199922 persons are killed and six injured when an AN-32 transport aircraft of the IAF crashes at Pappankulam near Indira Gandhi International Airport in south-west Delhi.
1/14/1995The 5th Pay Commission suggests trimming of bureaucracy.
9/3/1999Brigadier V. K. Chopra is appointed as the new head of the 121 (1) infantry brigade in Kargil.
6/28/1928Baburao Sadvelkar, famous painter, was born.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
11/19/1877Jatindranath Benarjee, revolutionary of Indian freedom movement, was born.
3/16/1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
11/8/1932Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi.
12/3/1992Indian, UN Operations in Mozambique begins (ONUMOZ - Dec 92 to Oct 94)
1/31/1931Gangadhar Mahambre, famous Mmarathi writer, was born.