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Historical Event on 9/18/2000

President K. R. Narayanan presents the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 1999 to film maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/23/1913Gondhavalekar Maharaj, famous saint, died.
10/16/1997Queen Elizabeth visits Kalakshetra where she witnesses Bharatanatyam show and film shooting at MGR Film City, Taramani in Chennai. She also goes to Kancheepuram and Sriperumbudur (Rajiv Gandhi memorial).
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
11/5/1928R. V. S. Perishastri, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, was born.
1/10/1993Atleast 15 people are killed in Bombay on the 5th day of riots between Hindus and Muslims.
2/13/1977Jasawant Singh, famous physiologist, passed away.
6/7/1606Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away.
1/30/1996Mob ransacks Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Bangalore.
8/22/1993The first batch of IAF troops landed in the capital city of Mogadishu.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.