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Historical Event on 3/31/1992

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Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
7/11/1953Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu was born in Mumbai (Mahatrahtra).
12/12/1901Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded the first dance school called as ""Kala Bhawan"" and established the ""Barahamacharya Ashram"", the core of Vishwa Bharati University of Shantiniketan, near Bolpur. It was formally opened on December.
3/14/1931First Indian talkie film 'Alam Ara' released at Majestic Cinema, Bombay. Directed by Ardeshir Irani, the film was 11,152 ft. long and was produced by Imperial Film Co., Bombay and beared censored No. 10043 on March 11. The most remarkable thing about this film was birth of sound in Indian films, it came with a bang and quickly displaced the silent movies and brought revolutionary changes in the whole set up of the industry.
11/10/1698East India Company purchased Calcutta, which had not more than a village at that time.
4/18/1998Dr. A. R. Kidwai is appointed Governor of West Bengal.
8/29/1992Eco-mark introduced in Indian market to distinguish eco-friendly products, .
7/15/1920Earthquake in Delhi.
6/1/1929V. Shantaram, S. Fattehlal (Sheikh Syed Fattehlal), Vishnupant Damle and Keshavrao B. Dhaiber, alongwith Sita Ram Kulkami, founded the 'Prabhat Film Company' at Kolhapur.