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Historical Event on 12/20/1957

Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/1/1971General Election ( 5th) of India begins.
6/15/1908Stock Exchange of Calcutta was opened of Baldeodas Daduawala and Overened.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.
7/5/1917'Hindumashinary Society' was established by Gajanan Bhaskar Vaidya.
12/21/1999The Manisana Wage Board for Journalists and Non-Journalists of Newspapers presents tentative proposals to the Government.
12/15/1988Landslide victory for GNLF in Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council elections.
9/28/1964The simmering dispute of India and Pakistan between the Hindus and Muslims erupted again in Kashmir. Fighting was also reported on this day in the Indian province of Rajasthan. China, which supported Pakistan in the dispute, sent massed troops on its border.
1/11/1990R. Shekhar became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 14/12/90).
8/18/1900Vijayalakshmi Pandit, first woman President of U.N.O. General Assembly, was born.