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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.

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12/17/1998	Jyotirmoyee bags her second gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's 800m. Rosakutty finishes second. Bantamweight pugilist Dingko Singh clinches a gold while Indian pair of Sethi-Shandilya strikes top prize in billiards doubles category.
2/12/1997	Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.
11/17/1986	SAARC Summit at Bangalore decides to set up permanent secretariat at Kathmandu; India elected new Chairman.
1/6/1987	Jaidev, famous music director, passed away.
10/15/1686	Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era.
12/31/1900	Krishna Narayan Ratanjankar, famous musician and writer of Tan Sangrah in three parts and Abhinav Geet Mangari, was born in Bombay.
3/7/1921	Kulwant Singh Virk, famous Hindi writer and journalist, was born.
9/1/1956	Life Insurance Corporation of India was established and all Life Insurance Business Companies were nationalised and merged in this corporation.
4/1/1954	French settlements in India pass under Indian control.
12/19/1927	Uttar Pradesh was formed by an Automobile Association.

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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.

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.