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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
3/22/1902Great Britain and Persia agree to link Europe and India by telegraph.
9/3/1983U.S. Census reports world population at 4.72 billion. China has 1.05 billion and India 731 million.
11/12/1984Rajiv Gandhi elected Congress (I) President.
7/15/1902Judge K. Subba Rao, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
11/14/1889Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, was born. To commemorate his birthday, this day is observed as 'Children's Day' from 1957.
8/26/1967Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper in the 1930's), passed away.
11/15/2000Congress(I) gives a thumping mandate to Sonia Gandhi.
7/2/1999Sahara India, sponsor of the Sahara Cup annual cricket series between India and Pakistan in Canada, withdrew sponsorship in view of the Kargil conflict.
7/2/1999Genghis Khan, Monghol conqueror, passed away.
5/14/1992LTTE banned in India.