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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
3/21/1994Pakistan blocks access to Indian consulate in Karachi.
6/21/1991P. V. Narasimha Rao was sworn in as the ninth Prime Minister of India. He reimained in this office till May 16, 1996. He formed a 54-member ministry in the 10th Parliament.
1/8/1906Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
7/1/1781British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.
4/27/1878Calcutta University started Women's Education, and allowed women to appear in the Entrance Examination.
7/10/1965First NCC (National Cadet Corps) College for training girls started at Gwalior.
2/3/1954More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahabad.
7/13/1930Swarup Kishan Reu, cricket test umpire for 17 tests from 1978-85, was born in Delhi and was honoured by Padmashree in 1986. He joins the record of umpiring most Tests for India.
1/12/1708Shahu was crowned as the Maratha ruler. Shahu, son of Sambhaji, entered Satara and released Aurangzeb's son Azam the previous year.
9/10/1992All movable and immovable properties of big bull Harshad Mehta, and others involved in the Security scam, attached.