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Historical Event on 2/15/2000

K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/8/1923Floods on the Ganges and Jumna rivers cause loss of life in Benares, India.
12/19/1927Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.
3/17/1957New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.
5/23/1998L. K. Advani, Home Minister, is to look after J&K affairs.
12/21/1952Saifuddin Kitchlu awarded the Lenin Peace Prize of U.S.S.R. Award. He was the first Indian to receive this honour.
12/16/1992The Parliament adopts resolution condemning the demolition of the mosque at Ayodhya and centre appoints a one-man judicial commission to enquire into the Ayodhya incidents.
10/21/1997Himachal Pradesh Assembly goes global with inauguration of its website on the Internet.
11/8/1948Nathuram Godse confesses to murder of Gandhi but denies conspiracy.
1/18/1942Gandhiji restarts 'Harijan' and allied weeklies.
9/8/1962Chinese army infiltrated in the north-east border of India exceeding the Mac-Mahon line (Tibet-India boundary). This was the first ocassion of Chinese infiltration.