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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
2/22/1996Indian police charge 14 more politicians in corruption scandal that has already led to resignations from the Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's govt.
11/21/1947First Stamp of Independent India was released
8/15/1997K. R. Narayanan, President, posthumously confers nation's highest peace-time gallantry award 'Ashok Chakra' to second Lieutenant Puneet Dutta.
8/8/1955Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
3/1/1905Karmaveer Bhausaheb Hire was born.
2/19/1992A 12-member Congress (I) TUJS coalition ministry led by S. R. Burman sworn in Tripura.
11/22/1915Mohandas Gandhi returns to India.
9/7/1996Ajit Singh quits Congress and heads Tikait's party.
4/26/1995Indian Newspaper Society (INS) calls off stir plans following Government conceding a major demand of the newspaper industry by putting newsprint on the Open General Licence (OGL) and abolish the condition requiring newspapers to buy two tonnes of indigenous newsprint in order to import one tonne.
5/15/1729Khanderao Dabhade, great warrior in Maratha kingdom, passed away.