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Historical Event on 2/6/2000

''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/25/1996CBI gives a clean chit to PM Rao in the St. Kitts case.
5/15/1958Gift Tax Act was introduced.
11/15/1830Ram Mohun Roy sailed for England. He was the first Indian Brahmin (then 'Brahmo') to go to England.
11/15/1913Ravindranath Tagore (1861-1941), received the message that he was awarded with Noble Prize in literature for his collection of poems ""Gitanjali"" . He was the first Indian to be awarded with Nobel Prize. (13 or 15)
9/16/1997General Manager of Tata Tea remanded to judicial custody on charges of abetting and aiding ULFA.
2/19/1992The ruling Congress party wins local elections boycotted by Sikhs in Punjab.
9/6/1903Russia increases import duties on Indian and Ceylon tea in retaliation for British import policies in Moscow.
1/19/1892Chintaman Vinayak Joshi, famous Marathi comedy writer, was born.
12/10/1945Aust Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts.
1/29/1994Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.