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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 |
| 12/14/1999 | India lost to Australia by 285 runs in Adelaide in the first cricket Test. |
| 12/4/1924 | Gateway of India was inagurated by Lord Riding. |
| 3/16/1993 | Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers. |
| 8/6/1951 | Rukmini Lakshmipathi, great social reformer and leader, died. |
| 2/11/1998 | Prof. Anil Kumar Baruah, CPI(ML) candidate for the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, is shot dead by suspected ULFA militants at Neharani. |
| 3/21/1995 | A.K. Antony elected CM of Kerala. |
| 8/14/1900 | S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born. |
| 12/1/1964 | Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University established. |
| 6/17/1903 | Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born. |
| 5/15/2000 | Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power, dies in a powerful IED explosion near Mandipore in Anantnag. |
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