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Historical Event on 12/15/1991

Satyajit Ray, film maestro, awarded Special Oscar for his lifetime achievement.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/9/1980M. G. Ramachandran's second AIADMK ministry takes office.
6/18/1917Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born.
7/1/1862Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.
9/1/1962Shivaji University was established in Kolhapur.
4/17/1917V.Sp. Manickam, famous Hndi writer, was born at Melasivapuri (Pudukkottai).
10/6/1999The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu.
1/29/1996S.R. Bommai was replaced by Laloo Prasad Yadav as Janata Dal president.
6/6/1961Central Institute of Fisheries Education, a deemed university, was established in Mumbai to impart post-graduate education and training, mainly to the in-service fisheries personnel of the country to provide trained manpower for the fisheries developmental activities.
11/10/1848Surendranath 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.
8/21/1991Gopinath Mahant, famous Odissi litterateur and Gyanpeeth awardee, died.