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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
4/9/1756Ali Bardi Khan of Bengal passed away in Murshidabad. His youngest daughter's son Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned as King of Bengal when he was merely 20 years old after the death of King Tartar.
6/6/1997Five killed and 17 injured in a bus explosion in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
8/17/1958Sir John Hubert Marshal, excavator of Mohan-Jo-Daro and Takshashila, died.
1/3/1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
9/26/1996CBI chargesheeted Rao in St. Kitts case.
2/19/1993Salseng C. Marak sworn in as the Congress-I CM in Meghalaya.
7/31/1902Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
1/14/1980Akbar removed 'Jeziya' or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.