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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
8/1/2000The Lok Sabha adopts Uttar Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill paving the way for the creation of Uttaranchal the 27th State.
3/17/1769To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.
1/15/1958Tamil becomes the official language of Madras.
1/5/1985Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
8/25/1999Former Indian Davis Cup captain Narendra Nath died in Delhi.
12/15/1951Scindia's SS Jal Pushpa launched.
5/18/1872Bertrand Russell, great philosopher, mathematician, author and Chairmain of the Indian League, was born.
3/18/1915British Government approved Indian Security Act to have greater control on the Indian people.
12/11/1938Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, famous Hindi litterateur and editor, passed away.
3/14/1999Arjun Atwal won the Indian Open Golf in Calcutta.