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Historical Event on 7/6/2000
Mohan Lal bags Best Actor Award for his sensitive portrayal of a Kathakali artist in ''Vaanasprastham'' and the film wins the Best Feature Film and Best Editing Awards at the 47th National Film Festival-2000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/13/1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) retired from the post of second President. |
| 12/3/1991 | An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by CM Jayalalita urges the PM to gazette the interim award on Cauvery. |
| 4/24/1972 | Jamini Roy, Padmabhushan awardee and famous painter, passed away. |
| 9/21/1994 | Ramkrishna Bajaj, freedom fighter and veteran industrialist, passed away. |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 8/21/1879 | Jahangir Bemanji Petit, famous industrialist, was born. |
| 11/11/1923 | Shamasunder Gururaj Mudgal, great educationist, was born at Bijapur, Bagalkot. |
| 6/1/1964 | Rashid Ghulam Muhammad Patel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler, better known for Lamba incident), was born in Sabarkantha. |
| 8/9/1999 | India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title. |
| 1/20/1957 | First Indian Atomic Reactor ""Apsara"" at Trombay, Mumbai, was dedicated to the nation. |
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