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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
6/29/1998Government decides to grant full statehood for Delhi and create three new States namely Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
12/26/1999Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, died in New Delhi.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
11/12/1958Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
1/31/1958First Earth Satellite Explorer I was launched from Cape Kennedy.
5/10/198559 were killed and 150 wounded in Sikh attacks.
2/14/1996President dedicates 55,000-seated Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium at Kochi to the nation.
5/17/1994Nar Bahadur Bhandari voted out in Sikkim; Sikkim Sangram Parishad leader Sanchaman Limboo takes over as CM.
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.
11/8/1893Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, great musician and professor, was born in Bangalore.