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Historical Event on 5/13/2000

Lara Dutta (21), who said beauty pageants give women a platform to ''voice our choices and opinions'' is named Miss Universe 2000 in the Cyprus capital Nicosia.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/1/1890Sri Seeripi Anjaneyulu, journalist, social reformer and educationist, was born at Dharmavaram, Anantapur.
6/1/1890Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
7/21/1994The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states.
9/5/1997Mother Teresa, founder of Missionaries of Charity who was awarded with Nobel Prize (1979) and Bharat Ratna, died at the age of 87 due to heart attack late in the evening around 9:30 pm in Calcutta.
6/23/2000Indian journalist Palagummi Sainath gets Amnesty International Global award for human rights journalism..
11/20/1907Railroad workers strike in India.
5/14/1993Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under anti-defection bill.
1/30/1949Night Airmail Services was inaugurated.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.