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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
12/15/1912Aspy Merwan, engineer and who became the Air Marchal of India, was born.
12/20/1920Justice Ali Sayyed Murtuza Fazal  was born.
2/18/1823Gopal Hari Deshmukh, lokhitwadi, was born.
1/1/1664Shivaji marched towards Surat.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
1/19/1977World's largest crowd--12.7 million--gather for Indian religious festival 'Kumbh Mela'.
9/24/1938Piloo Dara Reporter, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-87, was born in Mumbai. He was the first ever test umpire to be invited in a foreign country along with V. K. Ramaswamy also of India.
11/24/1941Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
5/29/1972Prithviraj Kapoor, famous film actor, passed away.