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Historical Event on 11/12/1958
Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/1/1983 | Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re |
| 1/5/1990 | Mohammad Azharuddin was made captain of Indian cricket team. |
| 8/13/1911 | Guha Phulrenu, social worker, was born. |
| 3/3/1885 | Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt). |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
| 7/2/1961 | Prof M S Thacker, DG-CSIR, laid the foundation stone for the wind tunnel complex. |
| 10/17/1859 | Keshavlal Harshrai Dhruv, researcher and translator, was born. |
| 11/11/1913 | Gandhi sentenced to nine months' imprisonment at South Africa. |
| 11/11/1913 | Chandbibi made treaty with Murad and gave 'Varhad' area to Mughals. |
| 8/16/1974 | A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977. |
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