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Historical Event on 11/12/1958

Satyajit Ray gets the award for best direction at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
2/16/1993Dr. U.R. Ananta Murthy elected President of the Kendra Sahitya Academy.
3/23/2000Udham Singh (72), hockey legend, died at his home town in Sansarpur (near Jalandhar).
11/13/1962Yezdani Gulam, great researcher, archeologist and art critic, died
11/13/1962Akbar won the war near Ahmedabad and captured Gujrat.
8/19/1977Earthquake measuring 7.7-8.9 on the Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean. It is believed to be the strongest ever earthquake.
3/23/1942Japanese forces occupy Rangoon, Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean.
7/7/1763Britishers declared Mir Jafer as Nawab of Bengal.
4/29/1957The National Civil Defence College was founded at Nagpur as the Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI). It functions as the training wing of the Emergency Relief Organisation of the Government of India.
10/17/1940Mahatma Gandhi called for Individual Satyagrah and Vinoba Bhave started it.