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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 |
| 8/26/1997 | Employee Provident Fund scheme of 1952 amended to ensure that all PF claims are settled within 30 days from the date of receipt of claims by the PF Commissioner. |
| 2/1/1929 | Jyotirbhaskaracharya Jayant Salgaonkar was born. |
| 12/3/1882 | Nandalal Bose, great Indian painter and master, was born in Bengal. |
| 12/3/1882 | ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore. |
| 4/4/1889 | Makhanlal Chaturvedi, famous Hindi poet, writer, Hindi litterateur and President of All India, was born in Babai village, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 6/29/1966 | Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died. |
| 12/5/1992 | Monisha, actress and winner of the 1987 'Urvasi' award for the Malayalam film 'Nakhakshathangal' died at a young age of 21 years. |
| 12/22/1986 | India cricket team score 7-676 vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur. |
| 6/18/1917 | Lachhmansingh Gill, famous politician and former chief minister, was born. |
| 10/20/1991 | 6.1-7.1 earthquake in uttar Kashi and three northern districts of UP in the Himalayan foothills kills more than 1,600 people. |
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