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Historical Event on 8/16/1958

Pather Panchali' won the top five awards, including feature length motion picture, and got a honorary mention at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/22/1993Ordinance to amend Consumer Act was issued; Government doctors and hospitals were kept out of its ambit.
2/16/1955Maghnath Saha, famous scientist, passed away.
7/26/1614Jahangir captured Mewar from Rana Amar Singh. A treaty was signed. In the Mughal court, Rana and his son were treated with exceptional courtesy.
1/29/1948Angry refugees ask Gandhiji to retire to the Himalayas.
8/30/1928Jawaharlal Nehru lays his plans for a free India and becomes president of Congress Party in 1929.
5/1/1964Ravishankar University was established at Raipur in Madhya Pradesh.
2/28/1985M.G. Katre became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/10/89).
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
8/12/1996Supreme Court stays further proceedings against Narasimha Rao in Chandraswami-Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case.
10/30/1949Pramond Venkatesh Devidas Mahajan was born in Mahaboobnagar (Andhra Pradesh).