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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
5/5/1930Gandhiji was arrested and imprisoned without trial. As a result there was ''hartal'' (strike)all over India. Over 100,000 people were jailed before the end of the year.
10/21/1996Japan gets non-permanent seat in Security Council after a contest with India.
10/21/1996Mian Tansen, a prominent figure of North Indian (Hindustani) classical music and famous singer of Akbar's court, died at Gwalior. Tansen is remembered for his epic Dhrupad compositions, creating several new ragas, as well as for writing two classic books on music Sri Ganesh Stotra and Sangita Sara.
1/1/1987United Nations General Assembly announced this year to be observed as the ""International Year of Shelter for the Homeless"". (5-10-87).
2/3/1988INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
11/10/1922S. K. Raghunath Rao, cricket test umpire for 7 tests from 1960-67, was born in Karnataka.
7/25/2000Two Indians Aruna Roy from Rajasthan and Jockin Arputham, founder of the Indian National Slum Dwellers' Association, chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for public service.
11/16/1995The Pension scheme ordinance for 18 million Provident Fund subscribers takes effect with an initial corpus of Rs. 85.00 billion.