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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
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
12/10/1902Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for detecting the cause of Malaria.
10/24/1955Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra.
8/21/1972A law was passed for protecting wild animals, including lions and tigers, from extinction.
4/12/1967U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding.
7/24/2000S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
6/30/1755Jayappa Shinde who was the son of Ronoji Shinde was murdered.
9/11/1948Indian Government troops enter in the Hyderabad State.