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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
2/7/1983Eastern News Agency was established in Calcutta .
11/8/1965Bashiruddin Ahmad, religious leader and litterateur, passed away.
7/6/2000India, Nepal sign agreement to set up a specialist joint unit to counter terrorism and share information about criminals operating along the border.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
6/8/1999ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2 respectively.
1/28/1877Pulin Bihari Das, revolutionary journalist, passed away.
12/1/1993Tata Steel's Amit Bhaduria win's India's first gold medal in the 10th Asian Track and Field meet in Manila in discus throw.
4/17/1975Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India's second president, died at Madras.
12/22/1966U.S. announces allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight famine in India.
2/7/1922Britain threatens crackdown in India to combat Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.