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Historical Event on 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.

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10/10/1909	Nagarwala Noshirvan Dorab, cricket umpire of five Tests, was born in Maharashtra.
3/13/1996	Wills World Cup Cricket semi final (India vs Sri Lanka) at Calcutta abandoned due to unruly crowd behaviour. Sri Lanka enters final.
12/6/1993	Samrendra Kundu, former foreign state minister and socialist of Orrisa, passed away.
9/9/1949	Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
9/24/1873	Mahatma Jyotirao Phule established the 'Satyashodhak Samaj'.
1/21/1952	Indian National Congress party wins the 1st General Election of India under the ledearship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
7/14/1942	Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank).
11/3/1997	American Consulate General in Chennai starts issuing visitor's visa with 10-year validity.
4/8/1993	Dasarath Deb, veteran tribal leader, elected leader of the Left and Democratic Front legislature party in Tripura.
7/11/1973	India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.

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