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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
6/13/1909E. M. S. Namboodiripad was born in Palghat in Kerala.
8/5/2000Lala Amarnath (88), former Indian cricketer, died in New Delhi.
4/30/1981C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 08-02-1985.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
3/24/1987First developmental launch of new generation rocket ASLV 'Stretched Rohini Satellite Series' (SROSS-1). This carried payload for launch vehicle performance monitoring and for gamma ray astronomy. This plunged within two minutes and 40 seconds of its launching.
5/16/1911Pumping Station of Calcutta was commissioned at Tallah.
8/1/1996T. S. R. Subramaniam was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-03-1998.
4/12/1992The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
2/23/19905-member Ministry headed by R. K. Ranbir Singh in Manipur elected.