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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 |
| 1/5/1893 | Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions. |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 1/14/1995 | Ban on VHP re-imposed. |
| 6/9/1986 | First AIDS death reported from a private hospital in Mumbai. |
| 5/26/1885 | Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi playwright, comedy author and poet, was born. |
| 1/15/1656 | Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state. |
| 4/2/1702 | Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. |
| 9/21/1992 | Tarachand Barjatya, film producer, passed away. |
| 5/5/2000 | Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
| 7/15/1997 | Mahesh Chander Mehta, Environmental activist, wins Ramon Magsaysay Award. |
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