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Historical Event on 3/20/1992

Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the 'Bharat Ratna' Award at Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/20/1976Oil production started from Bombay High.
8/7/1905The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.
4/15/1997Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI.
2/18/1993Congress (I) secures absolute majority in Nagaland and emerges as the single largest party in Meghalaya.
11/23/1990Madhavrao Ganesh (Balasaheb Dixit), founder of daily news paper ""Turun Bharat"", passed away.
1/8/1927The first scheduled London-Delhi flight arrives after 63 hrs. Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare is on board.
11/18/1936V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician, prolific writer and leader, died.
11/12/1781Nagapatnam of South India was captured by the British troops.
12/15/1859S. Kasturiranga Ayengar, owner of Hindu newspaper, was born.
2/3/1929The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of India"".