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Historical Event on 6/6/2000
Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 1/30/1948 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting. |
| 12/3/1979 | Dhyan Chand, famous master of Hockey and Padma Bhushan awardee, passed away. |
| 5/18/1955 | Hindu Marriage Act is amended. |
| 4/20/1888 | 246 reported killed by an hail storm in Moradabad, India. |
| 8/14/1896 | Gandhiji published ""The Green Pamphlet"" at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians. |
| 8/12/1868 | Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born. |
| 7/25/1997 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan (K. R. Narayanan) became the 10th President of India. |
| 6/14/1998 | S. Vijayalakshmi wins National women's `A' chess title in Mumbai. |
| 12/22/1877 | Shreenivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, was born. |
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