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Historical Event on 5/6/2000

Saurav Ganguly wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award 1999-2000.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/1/1996International women's master Anupama Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum becomes the first woman in the history of Indian chess to win an all-India level international rating tournament with her bagging the Mohammed Hassan memorial title.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
5/24/1999Noted wrestling coach Dronacharya awardee Guru Hanuman passed away in a road accident near Meerut.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
10/24/1605Jahangir became the fourth Emperor of Mughal Empire at Agra.
1/20/1817Ram Mohun Roy started Hindu College in Calcutta with the help of Justice H. East David Hare. This college was later renamed as the Presidency College.
6/24/1986Government announced that unmarried mothers under its employment would also get maternity leave.
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
10/2/1961Indian Limited Shipping Transport Corporation established.
4/10/1919Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her.