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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 |
| 1/17/1771 | Govind Patwardhan Mirajkar, first Rao of Peshwai, passed away. |
| 11/11/1992 | S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka. |
| 1/29/1931 | Gandhiji sails for England as Congress delegate to Second Round Table Conference. This conference was attended by Madan Mohan Malaviya and Sarojini Naidu. |
| 7/8/1914 | Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, was born. |
| 1/16/1997 | Dr. Datta Samant, Trade Union leader, shot dead in Mumbai. |
| 9/10/1995 | 87 of the 180 members of the newly constituted JAAC assume office. |
| 2/2/1930 | Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away. |
| 5/9/1981 | Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden. |
| 6/4/1972 | First Environment Day. |
| 1/24/1997 | Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively. |
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