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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
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
7/1/1962Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.
11/6/1946P. S. Shivswami Iyyer, great politician and administrator, passed away.
8/9/1995India celebrated 53rd anniversary of Quit India movement.
8/15/1999Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says Agni-2 to be inducted in the defence arsenal.
1/16/1973Om Prakash Mehra, Air Chief Marshal PVSM, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/01/1976.
12/5/1990With the induction of 60 ministers, the Bihar Cabinet becomes the largest ever cabinet in India with a total of 71 ministers.
10/5/1868Laxmi Narayan Barua, Assamia novelist, was born.
6/1/1972Space Commission and Department of Space was set up. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) brought under Department of Space (DOS).
10/28/1962US pledges to rush arms to India.