Virginia Indian Community - VirginiaIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 8/2/1987

Vishwanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess championship.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1996In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls.
7/26/1844Gooroodas Banerjee was born in Calcutta. He was a Judge of Calcutta High Court.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
3/3/1930Untouchable people fought to enter the temple of 'Kala Rama' at Nasik.
10/6/1913V. R. Kant, famous poet, was born.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
1/17/1908Akkineni Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, film producer, was born.
11/16/1988India gives full recognition to the state of Palestine.
8/3/1994The first successful heart transplant operation was performed at the All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, by a team of doctors led by Prof. P. Venugopal (25-2-96).