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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
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
6/30/1817Dadabhai Navroji, veteran leader and industrialist, died.
10/19/1983Prof. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar shares the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow American Prof. William Fowler.
7/18/1992Kanandevi, famous Bengali actress, passed away.
11/25/1990R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, passed away.
10/10/1970Union Government ruled out judicial probe into the death of the late PM Lal Bahadur Shastri.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
7/31/1993Transport operators begin nation-wide strike.
8/30/1751Sir Robert Clive exhibited a heroic feat when the British troops captured Arcot form Chanda Saheb.
2/2/2000The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry clears Ms. Deepa Mehta's film ''Water'' after the director agreed to make some changes in the script.