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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
5/29/1906Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), was born in Bombay.
7/10/1984White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government.
3/1/1916Habib Rahman, great Architect, was born at Calcutta.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
1/5/1671Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured the 'Salher' fort from Mughals.
3/17/1982President's rule in Kerala.
9/11/1995PM Narsimha Rao inaugurated the State Panchayat minister's meet for discussing panchayat election, devolution of administrative and financial power to the local bodies.
7/1/1929Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
5/20/1915Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad.