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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
2/24/1786Charles Cornwallis appointed Governor-General of India.
1/3/1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
7/4/1902Swami Vivekanand (Narendra Vishwanath Dutta), Indian religious leader and social reformer, died at Memorial Rock, KanyaKumari. His brilliant career came to a sudden end only at the age of 39.
4/15/1919British troops kill 400 Indians, who were demonstrating against the British rule at Amritsar for the forced marshall law on Punjab.
7/25/1982Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President.
8/17/1998National Human Rights Commission recommends compulsory registration of marriages in a bid to check child marriages.
10/26/1995India decides to go ahead with Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme in the wake of US stand to supply $370 million arms package to Pakistan.
9/30/1916Jagan Nath Bhardwaj, social worker and trade unionist, was born at Chartgarh, H.P.
8/11/1911Prem Bhatia, great journalist, was born.
7/3/1751Pilaji Jadhav died.