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Historical Event on 4/12/1983

Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/16/2000Kalyan Banerjee becomes the first Indian to head the Rotary Foundation, one of the richest bodies of the Rotary International.
4/28/1986Malayalam film `Chidambaram' directed by G. Aravindan wins best feature film award and Shyam Benegal bags the Best Director award for the Hindi film 'Trikal'.
2/20/1993Government decides to form an Autonomous Council for the tribals within Assam to solve Bodo issue.
8/13/1947Riots sweep Lahore in Punjab; mobs stone Gandhi's house.
10/1/1949'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established.
8/17/1986In the Jehovah's Witnesses' case, the Supreme Court rules that ""singing National Anthem is not obligatory"".
1/9/1923Satyendranath Tagore, Bengali litterateur, passed away.
5/26/1993The Centre decides to implement the Mandal Commission recommendation to provide 27\% reservation for the socially and educationally backward classes in the Central Services from 15th June.
8/8/1991India and Soviet Union extend their treaty of peace, friendship and co-operation for 20 more years.
7/23/1964Samrendranath Roy, great statistician, passed away.