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Historical Event on 2/6/2000
''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/4/1948 | Burma achieved its independence from Great Britain. In 1989, Burma changed its name to Myanmar to reflect the multi-ethnic composition of the country. Apart from the Burmese, the main ethnic minority groups are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, and Kachin. Just as the Burmese did against the British, almost all of these ethnic groups have struggled against the Burmese government for self-determination. |
| 8/13/1638 | Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, was born at Salwa. |
| 4/24/1998 | India wins the Coca Cola Cup at Sharjah, beating Australia by six wickets in the final. |
| 7/6/1992 | The centre decides to allow TV and Radio time slots for private producers. |
| 5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
| 6/20/1946 | Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June. |
| 12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan. |
| 3/25/1998 | Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar present the interim budgets for 1998- 99. |
| 10/31/1999 | Dr. S. S. Badrinath gets Dhanvantari Award. |
| 2/23/1969 | Madhubala, famous Hindi film actress, passed away. |
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