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Historical Event on 1/10/1996

All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/7/1997Mahesh Bhupathi becomes the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mixed doubles.
1/4/1958Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount and Governor of Bengal, died at the age of 75.
6/30/1966Judge K. Subba Rao became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 11/04/1967.
11/16/1986Second SAARC summit held at Bangalore.
12/13/2000Vikram Sood is appointed new RAW Chief.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.
12/25/1936Ismail Merchant, producer (Householder), was born in Bombay, India.
9/28/1924In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.
6/3/1929Chimanbhai Patel, former Chief Minister of Gujarat, was born.
6/29/1966Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, famous mathematics expert, died.