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2 August

🇮🇳 In India

1763 After the capture of Murshidabad, the British army defeated Mir Qasim in the Battle of Giriya.

1858 The Government of India Act 1858 replaces East India Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.

1987 Viswanathan Anand, then aged 17, won the World Junior Chess Championship, becoming the first Asian to win the title.

2006 India banned children under the age of 14 from working as domestic servants or at hotels, tea shops, restaurants and resorts. The labor ministry said the ban would come into effect from October 10.

🌎 Elsewhere

1819 The first parachute jump from a balloon is made by Charles Guille in New York City.

1820 John Tyndall, British physicist, was born. He was the first scientist to show why the sky is blue.

1865 Lewis Carroll publishes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone, died in Nova Scotia. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in 1885.

1990 The Persian Gulf War broke out when Iraq invaded Kuwait.

2008 Breaking Dawn, 4th book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga is published by Little Brown at midnight with a print run of 3.7 million copies.

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