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Who was India's first Grandmaster?

  1. Sasikiran

  2. P. Harikrishna

  3. Sandipan Chanda

  4. Viswanathan Anand
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Explanation

Viswanathan Anand became India's first Grandmaster in 1988 at the age of 18, achieving the title by winning the Shakti Finance International tournament in Coimbatore. This achievement paved the way for India's emergence as a chess powerhouse. Sasikiran, Harikrishna, and Sandipan Chanda all became Grandmasters later in the 2000s.

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