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Historical Event on 3/16/1992
Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/15/1997 | K.Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open Chess tournament. |
| 8/15/1997 | Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee). |
| 10/10/1964 | Gurudutt, famous film actor, died |
| 7/26/1994 | Government rejects JPC report on securities scandal. |
| 8/1/1947 | Partition of India into India and Pakistan. Power transferred. Lord Mountbatten becomes Governor General of India and Muhammed Ali Jinnah, Governor General of Pakistan. |
| 4/14/1919 | Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab. |
| 10/18/1995 | Punjab CM Harcharan Singh Brar inducts All India Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta in to the cabinet. |
| 4/2/1702 | Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, first Peshwa, passed away. |
| 2/11/1968 | Deendayal Upadhyaya, great philosopher, litterateur, social worker, thinker and founder of Jansangh, passed away. |
| 3/29/1992 | The expert committee recomends an autonomous council for the Jharkhand region of Bihar. |
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