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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
9/16/1916D. R. Samant, journalist and social reformer, was born at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
4/19/1950Shyama Prasad Mukherji resigned. He was the first Minister of Central Cabinet.
4/15/1938Madhurima. Ch, educationist and artist, was born in Begusarai, Bihar .
7/30/2000Punjab Police men and Indian Railways women claim the Federation Cup basketball tournament at Visakhapatnam.
8/9/1963India is the first country to add its signature to the test-ban treaty at Moscow.
2/23/1946Some 300,000 Indians joined in anti-British demonstrations today in the wake of yesterday's violent riots in the city of Bombay. Indian Navy rebels. A day of terror and rebellion saw Indian Navy members turn against their British officers firing machine guns.
9/8/1995Harcharan Singh Brar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab.
10/6/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
9/25/1919Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.
11/2/2000John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI.