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Historical Event on 12/8/1998

An Indian film, 'The Terrorist' wins all top awards including the Golden Pyramid award for the best film at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival. Santosh Sivan gets the best director award, while its actress Ayesha Dharker bags the best actress award.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/21/1659Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj meet Saint Samarth Ramdas Swami.
10/31/1920Inaugural session of the All India Trade Union Congress was conducted in Bombay.
5/10/1957Dr. Rajendra Prasad elected President of India for a second term.
11/2/190850 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
3/10/1945Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.
3/22/1991President withholds assent to the pension bill of Members of Parliament.
11/22/1997Yasser Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority, laid the foundation stone for Indo-Arab cultural centre at Hyderabad.
6/14/1987Rajiv Gandhi, PM, rules out termination of Rs. 1700 crore Bofors gun deal.