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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 |
| 10/2/1910 | D. Arkasomayaji, educationist, was born at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. |
| 5/7/1958 | Acharya Kripalani elected leader of a new opposition group in the Lok Sabha. |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 3/3/1891 | Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Dept) created. |
| 1/31/1986 | Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away. |
| 5/1/1926 | Jim Corbett killed the notorious man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag at Gulabrai village, who had attacked and killed about 125 people. |
| 2/22/1990 | 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland. NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps. |
| 4/30/1992 | Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India. |
| 8/1/1996 | T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998. |
| 9/24/1992 | Union Labour Minister announces a new export-oriented emigration policy in place of the regulatory one. |
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