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Historical Event on 4/5/1993

G. V. Iyer's Sanskrit film 'Bhagavad Geeta was adjudged the best film at the National Film Awards.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
2/24/1948The State of Junagarh, whose accession to India was protested by Pakistan in the UN Security Council, voted in favour of India in a popular referendum held on 20 February.
8/25/1992Veerappa Moily, Karnataka minister, stripped of Education portfolio.
5/28/1998India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action.
11/1/1999H. K. Dua, senior Journalist and former editor of The Indian Express and The Hindustan Times, is appointed the Press Adviser to the Prime Minister.
4/21/1913Preview show of 'Raja Harishchandra' was held on April 21 at Olympia Cinema.
2/4/1953Indo-Pak talk on Kashmir opened under Dr. Graham in Geneva.
12/1/1951Abanindra Nath Tagore, famous Indian painter and sculptor, died in Calcutta.
3/29/1992Centenary celebrations of Tansa Dam held at Tansa. No of Seats of the Standing Committee and Education Committee increased from 20 to 27and 20 to 26 respectively and that of the B.E.S. & T. Committee from 12 to 17 (Vide Maharashtra Act XXI of 1992) (CIVIC).
12/22/1940Manvendranath Rai established the Radical Democratic Party.