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Historical Event on 5/6/2000

Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1897Girja Dayal Girish, great poet and writer, was born at Saraiyan Mahipat Singh, U.P.
2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
7/21/1975Hindi Post Guards was established by Government.
6/13/1932Nirmalchandra Sen, great revolutionary, died.
2/2/1989France's highest civilian award, 'Legion d' Honour, conferred upon Satyajit Ray by President Mitterrand at Calcutta.
1/19/2000M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai.
1/4/1964The First Diesel Engine came out of the Varanasi Diesel Engine Carshed.
2/2/1958Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies.
3/10/1995Ashok Padbidri, famous journalist and editor, died.
6/4/1997Special Judge Ajit Bharihoke discharges former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao and former Union Minister Prof. K. K. Tewary in St. Kitts forgery case for lack of sufficient evidence.