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Historical Event on 12/13/2000
Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.

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12/8/1980	Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
6/22/1993	Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
1/14/1998	The Prime Ministers of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh come together for a three-nation business summit in Dhaka.
3/17/1987	Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
6/11/1996	Narasimha Rao's name figures in fresh FIR on bribing JMM MPs case.
8/15/1947	On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
5/9/1992	Killer brew claims 175 lives in Orissa, Excise Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya resigns.
7/13/1998	The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
6/30/1914	Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
8/15/1854	The first train of the East Indian Railways steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hoogly, which was at a distance of 24 miles. It was the first passenger train catering to public traffic. Officially, it was inaugurated in 1855.

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Historical Event on 12/13/2000 Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.

Historical Event on 12/13/2000
Vijay Samuel Hazare, former Indian cricket captain, becomes the first recipient of the 'Castrol Lifetime Achievement award'.