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Historical Event on 7/5/1901
B. N. Sircar, producer and founder of International Film Craft and New Theaters Ltd., Calcutta was born at Bhagalpur. His films are Boker Bojha, Chorekanta, Chasar Meye (1931).
Other Historical Dates and Events |
6/7/1606 | Guru Arjundev, fifth Guru of Sikhs, passed away. |
8/6/1920 | Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon. |
10/14/1999 | Sheikh Shamim, an Indian, is hanged for espionage in Pakistan. |
2/11/1996 | Wills World Cup Cricket inaugurated at Calcutta. |
2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
4/18/1956 | India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon and Pakistan meet in New Delhi to reaffirm their faith in Bandung Principles. |
10/24/1975 | Bounded labour system was abolished by Ordinance |
2/9/1993 | Silver prices crash as the govt allows passengers to import upto 100 k and reduces customs duty on 35 baggage items from 255 to 150 \%. |
7/27/1910 | Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar' and `Kirana Gharana', passed away. |
5/29/1953 | Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay. |
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