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Historical Event on 5/18/1912
Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/6/2000 | The Government permits use of LPG as auto fuel. |
| 4/15/1948 | Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh was created by the merger of some 30 small ruling states. |
| 8/20/1915 | Devraj Ars, former chief minister of Karnataka, was born. |
| 9/2/1947 | Gandhiji is mobbed in Calcutta house; gives up idea of Noakhali visit. Peace efforts intensified. |
| 4/19/1981 | Indira Gandhi,Prime Minister, inaugurated `Maharashtra Vidhanbhavan'. |
| 1/2/1994 | Warden's in Arambaug, India lead about a fifty hungry and bruised elephants into a forest for temporary shelter. After a week, the herd strayed from a santuary, stampeding villagers and terrorising peasants. |
| 5/1/1996 | Ban imposed (through a Delhi high court judgment) on the film 'Bandit Queen', based on the life of Phoolan Devi, lifted by Supreme Court. |
| 5/26/2000 | In a significant development, the Government decides to allow disinvestment up to 60 per cent equity of Air India. |
| 8/1/1992 | Narasimha Rao, PM, dedicates Vizag Steel Plant to the nation. |
| 12/25/1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, freedom fighter and founder of Banaras Hindu University, was born at Allahabad. |
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