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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 |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 9/11/1950 | Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away. |
| 1/27/1987 | P. T. Usha nominated the Asian Athlete of 1986 by the US Sports Academy (USA). |
| 11/19/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. |
| 6/23/1942 | Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born. |
| 1/6/1947 | All India Congress Commitee accepted the division of country. |
| 8/15/1993 | Five more Doordarshan channels launched. |
| 9/19/1997 | Ambar Roy, Indian test batsman (1969-70), died in Calcutta. |
| 2/5/1992 | Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President. |
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