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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 |
| 7/17/2000 | 55 persons die as a Boeing 737 of Alliance Air from Calcutta to Delhi via Patna and Lucknow crashes at Gardanibagh, one km from the runway at the Patna airport. |
| 7/13/1990 | Boby Talyarkhan, famous sports critic and author, died. |
| 7/13/1990 | Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution. |
| 8/6/1998 | The Maharashtra Government rejects the Srikrishna Commission findings on the 1992-93 communal riots and the serial blasts in Mumbai, but agrees to act on the panel's suggestions to refurbish the police force. |
| 3/2/1933 | Anandji, famous music director, was born. |
| 5/19/2000 | A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency. |
| 1/31/1960 | Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s. |
| 1/19/2000 | M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, died in Chennai. |
| 1/11/1859 | Lord Curzon, Governor General and Viceroy, was born. |
| 6/5/1984 | Operation 'Blue Star' was launched by Indira Gandhi. Indian commandos stormed into Sikh's holiest gurudwara Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out the terrorists and other anti-government elements. Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and over 325 people were killed in the temple. Thus a great rebel arose all over the nation and specially in Punjab. |
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