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Historical Event on 3/20/1992
Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/24/1924 | Virendrakumar Bhattacharya, Gyanpeeth award winner and Assamia novelist, was born. |
| 10/30/1887 | Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali children's litterateur, was born. |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 2/16/1944 | Dadasaheb Phalke passed away in Nasik at the age of 74. He is remembered as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'. He produced India's first feature Film, 'Raja Harishchandra'. He was Director, Producer, Writer, Editor & Laboratorian. Dada Saheb Phalke Award issued by Government of India is given in his memory. |
| 2/14/1985 | Dr. Nagendra Singh elected World Court Chief. |
| 5/23/1990 | Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation. |
| 3/16/1910 | Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab. |
| 5/5/2000 | Supreme Court permits former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha (petitioner) to have herself and the others examined as ''defence witnesses'' in connection with the trial of the 'Colour TV scam case'. |
| 3/2/1986 | Kashinath Ghanekar, famous stage artist, passed away. |
| 6/10/1888 | Balraj Bhalla, revolutionary, was born. |
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