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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 |
| 5/16/1946 | Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan. |
| 5/27/1857 | Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. |
| 10/11/1941 | Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born. |
| 11/10/1848 | Surendranath Banerji, popularly known as Rashtraguru, was born at Taltala, Calcutta. He passed his final ICS Examination in 1869 and joined in 1871, He was President of the Indian National Congress twice, in 1895 at Pune and in 1902 at Ahmedabad. |
| 9/1/1915 | Rajindersingh Bedi, Urdu story writer and Hindi film story writer, was born. |
| 6/28/1986 | Union Government sanctions maternity leave for unmarried women employees too. |
| 3/27/2000 | Mohan Bagan lifts title in the National Football league in Calcutta. |
| 8/17/1780 | Indian Governor General Warren Hastings duel with Francis to settle personal and official quarrels. Francis was wounded but survived. |
| 8/17/1780 | Akbar attacked on Malwa at Sarangpur and defeated Bajbahadar. |
| 3/29/1943 | Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail. |
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