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Historical Event on 7/4/2000

Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/31/1990Religious clashes between Hindus and Muslims leave more than 180 people dead.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
6/14/1997India expresses regret over ""inadvertent intrusion"" of IAF helicopter into Bangladesh territory.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
12/1/1964Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established.
5/10/1927Nayantara Sahgal, famous writer and social reformer, was born.
9/19/1997A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper.
10/24/2000Sitaram Kesri (81), former Congress President, died at the AIIMS in New Delhi.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.
8/3/1998India's most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile ''Akash'' was test-fired from the interim test range at Chandipur-on-sea.