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Historical Event on 12/20/1957

Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/2/1922Gangaprasad Birla, great industrialist, was born.
12/27/1975372 miners die in a huge blast in Bihar state.
6/11/1984574 Sikh army deserters arrested.
3/20/1993Kondapally Seetaramaiah, founder of the Peoples War Group of Naxalities in Andhra Pradesh, arrested.
11/7/1971India admits forces entered Bangladesh to silence artillery.
11/22/1718Durgadas Rathore, social reformer, died on the banks of the Sipra at Ujjain.
2/13/1713Farrukh Siyar becomes Emperor of India after capturing Red Fort.
11/7/1990National Front Government headed by V. P. Singh loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha (151-356). Singh tenders his resignation and this is the end of 11-month-old National Front Government.
9/17/1960Agreement reached with Pakistan on the distribution of the River Indus and its tributaries.
12/5/1992V. P. Singh and hundreds arrested in Barabanki on the way to Ayodhya.