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Historical Event on 9/2/1996

Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/21/1910Ramnath Anandilal Poddar, great industrialist, was born.
5/4/1783Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur. He continued the Second Mysore War against the English. He defeated many EnglishGenerals like Brithwhite & Col. Bailey. Tipu Sultan signed the treaty at Mangalore on 11th March 1784 A.D. which was known as the Mangalore treaty.
5/25/1899Nazrul Islam, revolutionary and Bengali poet, was born in Churulia village of Burdwan district.
4/22/1993Air India engineers call off their 56-day-old strike.
3/19/1935British fire on 20,000 Muslims, killing 23.
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
4/26/1999India's Atanu Lahiri and Bhagyashree Thipsay won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Commonwealth chess championship in Bikaner.
5/21/1991Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.
1/25/1983Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Acharya Vinobha Bhave (Posthumous) (1895-1982).
7/20/1991Chithira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma, former Maharaja of Travancore, passed away at the age of 78 years after a brief illness. His term as the descendant of the Chera dynasty saw many progressive reforms in the field of legislation, education and many more. He was hailed as ""Ashoka the second"", and Gandhiji parised him as a ""Historical wonder"".