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Historical Event on 12/20/1957
Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/5/1999 | The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa. |
| 2/12/1960 | Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers. |
| 5/21/1994 | Sushmita Sen (Miss India), 18, was crowned as the 43rd Miss Universe. |
| 1/10/1920 | India became member of League of Nations. |
| 6/22/1955 | Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (12 wkts in 7 Tests for India), died at the age of 31. |
| 8/3/1900 | Nana Patil, great revolutionary, was born. |
| 9/19/1965 | Government extends ultimatum to India to dismantle forts within four days in China. |
| 11/22/1873 | Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), was born. |
| 7/21/1962 | Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons. |
| 5/7/1907 | Rajbali Pandey, famous poet, was born. |
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