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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
4/22/1870Vladimir IIyich Lenin, revolutionary freedom fighter and politician, was born at Simbrisk, Volga.
5/17/1993Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres signs an MOU with his Indian counterpart to end nearly 4 decades of inactivity in bilateral relation.
1/1/1978Samrat (Emperor) Ashoka, Air India's first Jumbo-Jet Boeing 747, after explosion falls into Arabian Sea, killing 213 people. Nobody survived.
3/30/1665Murarbaji died at Purandar fort during a battle with Dilerkhan.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
1/22/1963The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun.
2/10/1979Itanagar was declared as capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
6/24/1991Jayalalitha ministry sworn in in Tamil Nadu.
5/11/1995In central Kashmir, militants burnt the Charar-e-Sherif shrine (the tomb of Sufi saint Sheikh Noorudin Noorani) built in 1460 by Zain-ul- Abidin.
7/21/1658Aurangzeb celebrated his being the emperor of Mugal Empire at Delhi. He was informally enthroned.