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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
3/7/1956A gigantic steel tube plant opened in Jamshedpur. It was the first of its kind in India.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
1/30/1988Sheshrao Wankhede, barrister, passed away.
2/9/1989Sanjay Khan, actor-director, critically injured in a fire accident.
8/28/1973India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis.
6/9/1986ICMR set up a network of Reference/Surveillance Centres for AIDS in almost all states of India.
5/24/1875Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan established Mohmmad Anglo Oriental School which was renamed in 1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim University'.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
10/28/1999Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.
4/6/1998India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.