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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
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
12/15/1999The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd.
2/2/1953All India Khadi and Village Industries Board started in New Delhi.
7/7/197378 drowned as flash flood sweeped a bus into a river (India).
9/29/1906Chhajju Ram, social worker and teacher, was born at Manawar, Chhamb.
5/20/1900Sumitranandan Pant was born.
4/22/1999Lok Sabha passes the 1999-2000 general budget through voice vote but without a debate and without amendments.
1/20/1996The Indian Army conducted United Nation Peacekeeping Keeping Operations in New Delhi from 20 to 26 Jan 1996, wherein delegates from UN HQ and 17 foreign countries of the Asia-Pacific region participated. The Under Secretary General, Mr Kofi Annan, was the chief guest.
1/29/1999Alok Kumar of Punjab defeated Devendra Joshi of Maharashtra at the IIT complex at New Delhi.
9/27/1995Cellular phone service operates for the first time in Delhi.