Nagpur, 31 July

(HS): The Women’s Chess World Cup winner Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh will be

felicitated by the Maharashtra Government in Nagpur on August 2. Divya was

accorded a huge welcome upon her arrival at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur on Wednesday.

The city

showered love and blessings from hundreds of newfound fans, family members and

friends. The 19-year-old Nagpurian, Divya, became the first Indian to win the Chess World Championship, beating another Indian, Koneru Humpy, at Batumi,

Georgia.

Her felicitation

function will be attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister

Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Revenue Minister and Nagpur’s Guardian Minister

Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dattatreya Bharne,

Minister of State for Finance and Planning Ashish Jaiswal, and others.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar