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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
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
12/8/1980Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi.
5/25/1924Ashutosh Mukerjee, famous educationalist, passed away in Dumraon at Bihar .
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.
2/6/1887Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II.
8/5/1999The Global Peace March demands demilitarisation of the entire planet.
7/3/199625 to 30\% hike in prices of petroleum products.
1/9/1915Gandhiji reached Bombay on his return from South Africa. He became a member of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded Kaiseri-e-Hind Gold Medal for Ambulance service on Jan, 11.
7/6/1995Five foreign tourists trekking in Kashmir 10 km uphill from Pahalgam were abducted by militants.