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Historical Event on 12/8/1998
An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.

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4/9/1994	C. Rajeshwara Rao, 80, former General Secretary of Communist Party of India, passed away in Hyderabad.
5/30/1962	69 killed in a bus crash near Ahmedabad.
3/16/1986	Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
3/16/1986	Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India.
10/16/1999	Dr. Najma Heptulla, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, is elected president of the 138-nation Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
1/17/1999	Madhya Pradesh won its maiden Wills Trophy championship, defeating Bengal in the final of the limited overs cricket championship in Calcutta.
7/24/2000	S. Vijayalakshmi becomes the first Indian woman Grandmaster in the International Grandmasters chess tournament held in Hyderabad.
11/24/1991	Bihar's ruling JD makes a clean sweep of all the three Lok Sabha seats in the by-elections.
10/5/1989	Dalai Lama was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize (1989).

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Historical Event on 12/8/1998 An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.

Historical Event on 12/8/1998
An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.