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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
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
5/27/1957Copyright Act was passed.
12/1/1991Stone laid for the Sanskrit University at Kaladi, the birthplace of Adi Sankara.
10/5/1878First Indian circus was played by Vishnu Moreshwar Chhatre of Sangli at Mumbai.
3/24/1995Devchand Somaiyya, famous Table Tennis player, passed away.
3/21/1966Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P3) placed into polar orbit. This carries remote sensing payload and an X-ray astronomy payload. Launched by third developmental flight of India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D3) which is for launching 1,000-1,200 kg class of remote sensing satellites into polar sun-synchronous orbit. Still in service.
6/28/1996India opens its office (based in Gaza city) in the area under the Palestinian Authority.
5/13/1997Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission.
12/9/1658Dutch troops occupy harbour city Quilon (Coilan), India.
3/6/1961India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.