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Historical Event on 8/2/1987

Geet Sethi retains the World Amateur Billiards title.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/30/1659Aurangzeb plotted the death of his brother Dara Shikoh and beheaded him. He was buried in a vault under the dome of Humayun's tomb.
5/5/1929Curfew was imposed in a bid to quell Hindu-Muslim riots that had claimed 21 lives in Bombay.
8/22/1942Harikrishna Kaul (Raja Pandit), administrator and Prime Minister of Jammu Kashmir and Patiyala, died.
6/24/1946Congress party rejects British plan for provisional govt. pending constitution in New Delhi.
8/19/1993Y. D. Lokurkar, senior journalist, died.
8/19/1993Akbar Abul-Fath Djalaluddin, third Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), was born at Amarkot in Sind under the protection of Rana Virsal. Humayun had also taken refuge at Amarkot.
2/27/1996Suresh Kalmadi, Minister of State for Railways, presents vote-on-account railway budget; 1995-96 Economic Survey shows 6.3\% growth in GDP; 20\% interim relief for newspaper employees announced by govt.
7/30/1993CBI arrests Bhupen Dalal and three other brokers for cheating of LIC Mutual Funds involving Rs.173 crore.
11/6/1996India wins Titan's cup beating South Africa in Mumbai.
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.