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Historical Event on 12/8/1998

An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
4/15/1794Moropant Paradkar, great poet of Marathi in Peshwa kingdom, passed away.
12/7/1856First Hindu widow married officially.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
6/30/1914Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.
10/20/1999The Cabinet approves the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Bill for introduction in the current session of Lok Sabha if time permits.
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
5/14/1992LTTE banned in India.
1/21/1983R. D. Katari, the first Indian Admiral of Indian Army, passed away.
3/1/2000P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament.