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Historical Event on 9/3/1987
Vishwanathan Anand, 17, becomes India's first and the world's youngest Grandmaster.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/27/1919 | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, father of modern Telgu language, author and social reformer, passed away. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 1/8/1884 | Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society. |
| 8/25/1981 | Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress. |
| 10/4/1999 | Kerala High Court orders Election Commission to booth-wise counting. The EC is likely to move the Supreme Court against this order. |
| 11/29/1991 | Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath vs Australia at Gabba. |
| 2/12/1993 | The baggage rules relaxed further. |
| 9/1/1989 | Yasser Arafat chosen for the 1988 Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding. |
| 11/27/1920 | Kanhaiyalal Bhagwandas Harjal, educationist, was born at Mohpa, Maharashtra. |
| 12/12/1992 | Jasu Patel, cricketer, 29 wkts for India and best 9-69 vs Australia, passed away. |
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