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Historical Event on 11/12/1958
Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/29/1997 | Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India. |
| 3/4/1879 | Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India. |
| 11/29/1798 | Neplus Naresh Fardinad Chaturth announced that they will fight against France. |
| 10/1/1990 | Supreme Court stays implementation of Mandal Commission recommendations. |
| 6/2/1953 | Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. The two reached the pinnacle of Everest, more than 29,000 feet above sea level, at 11.30 a.m. |
| 7/8/1954 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, inaugurated world's longest Bhakra-Nangal Dam canal at Punjab. |
| 9/19/2000 | Gopi Chand of India falls to Henderawan of Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the badminton event at the Sydney Olympics. |
| 11/27/1907 | Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad. |
| 1/26/1999 | 21 dalits are gunned down by the Ranbit Sena in Jahanabad district in Bihar. |
| 6/3/1890 | Khan Abdul Gafar Khan, follower of Mahatma Gandhi, was born. |
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