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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
3/2/1984Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu.
8/7/1888Navalram (Navalram Laxmiram Pandya), literature critic and versatile Gujarati author, died.
2/10/1916Revolutionary Sohanlal Pathak hanged.
11/7/1991Salauddin and his wife Neena create a world record by travelling in a Nissan car.
6/20/1946Kashmir authorities arrest President-elect Nehru for refusing to obey an order banning him from the state.
1/6/1959Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj, cricketer (India's finest all-rounder 1978-94, Cup-1982), was born in Chandigarh.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.
6/23/1993RBI cuts minimum lending rate by 1%.
2/1/1922Gandhiji gives notice to the Viceroy Lord Reading during Bardoli movement to inform him that he was intensifying his action and non-cooperation was to be escalated to Civil Disobedience.
5/12/1999Arunachal Pradesh Governor refuses to quit.