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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
1/25/1954Manabendranath Roy, famous leader of socialist revolution, passed away at Dehradun.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
1/3/1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
7/18/1987Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership.
1/20/1957First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation.
12/1/1993World AIDS day.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
12/14/1990Vijay Karan became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 01/06/92).
3/29/1979Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.