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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 |
| 8/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 12/10/1979 | Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace prize. |
| 10/24/1984 | First Metro Train (Underground Train) in India started between Esplanade and Bhowanipore in Calcutta city. |
| 10/10/1896 | Jananayak Debeswar Sarmah, freedom fighter, architect and nationalist, was born at Jorhat, Assam. |
| 7/4/1986 | Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston. |
| 2/20/1994 | Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking. |
| 1/17/1941 | Subhashchandra Bose went underground at Calcutta. He appeared in Moscow after sone days. |
| 2/6/1990 | Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
| 8/19/1910 | Sister Alphonsa, teacher and social worker, was born at Kudamaloor, Kerala. |
| 7/4/1789 | British East India Company signed a treaty with the Nizam of Hydrabad and Peshwa of Pune against Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on the understanding that a cavalry of 10,000 would attack Tipu's territory and the conquered area would be divided amongst the three. |
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