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Historical Event on 2/15/2000

K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/6/1832Publication of 'Darpan' magazine started.
3/30/1999Services regained team title in the national boxing championship in Visakhapatnam.
8/5/1978Five died and 70 were injured as upper-caste Hindus clashed with untouchables in Maharashtra.
2/2/1982Geet Sethi becomes the youngest Indian to win the National Billiards' crown at Madras.
6/13/1931Gandhi to live in a garret amongst the poor in London.
9/5/1979Earl of Mountbatten's funeral held in Burma.
8/5/1991Leila Seth was sworn the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. She is a judge of Delhi High Court.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
6/7/1999Supreme Court, through an interim order, stayed the execution of the four accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case till July 19, 1999.
11/9/1960Subroto Mukherji, first Air Chief Marshall of Indian Air Force, suddenly died.