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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
6/4/1972First Environment Day.
6/17/1862Lord Charles Jhon Canning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), died.
4/2/1997Sumita Sinha of Dhanbad, (18 years college girl) became a world record holder when a 3,200 kg Ambassador car passed over her.
3/3/1885Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed govt).
1/6/18424,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul..
11/2/1871Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
11/11/1992S.Bangarappa resigns as the CM of Karnataka.
9/27/2000Venus Williams of USA claims the women's gold in the tennis event in the Sydney Olympics.
10/12/1907Durgaprasad Mandelia, famous merchant and industrialist, was born.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.