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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
11/20/1955Kripal Singh scores 100* on Test debut, India v New Zealand.
11/19/1991Kashinath Anant (Rambhau Joshi), famous editor, passed away.
7/13/1964Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer (Bengal slow left-arm bowler), was born in Calcutta.
10/5/1949A. K. Pillai, great social reformer and politician, died.
2/24/1997Charles Shobhaj, the notorious murder suspect, to be deported to France after 20 years in Tihar jail.
6/17/1991Congress and its allies secure absolute majority in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Haryana Assemblies.
4/18/1966Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great Physical Training and Yoga expert, passed away.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
11/27/2000Supreme Court grants bail to four AIADMK men accused in the 2nd February Dharmapuri bus burning incident.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.