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Historical Event on 1/15/2000

Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/20/1969Varahagiri Venkata Giri was elected President and G. S. Pathak as Vice President of India.
9/15/1940Anil Yashwant Tipnis, Air Chief Marshal, was born.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri was posthumously awarded the ""Bharat Ratna"".
1/19/1910Vinayak Damodar Karnaki (Master Vinayak), famous Marathi actor, director and producer, was born.
6/18/1979Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
6/24/1991Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dy. Chairman of the Planning Commission.
7/12/1674Chhatrapati Shivaji signed a friendship treaty with East India Company.
1/17/1923Rangey Raghav, famous hindi writer, was born.
8/15/1982Doordarshan's national programme and the first nationwide colour transmission started by Delhi Doordarshan.