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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
5/21/1990Moelvi Muhammad Farouk, great Indian spiritual leader, was murdered.
12/19/1978The Lok Sabha expels Indira Gandhi from the House and sentences her to imprisonment for a term lasting its prorogation. She was released from jail on December 26.
5/29/1991P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I).
8/29/1905Major Dhyanchand was born in a Rajput family at Prayag at Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered as a Master of Hockey. India celebrates this day as National Sports Day.
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.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
3/10/1922Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
6/3/1916Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakarsey Women's University was established.
11/7/1990Lawrence Durrell, great Indian English and author (Mount Olive), passed away at the age of 78.
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.