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Historical Event on 12/1/1928

The first talkie filmshow, named as 'British Talkies' , was released on December 1, 1928, at Globe Theatres, Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/21/1974Inssatvahana, the first establishment to give submarine training, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam.
4/8/1998Sedapatti R. Muthiah resigns as the Union Surface Transport Minister at the behest of his party supremo Jayalalitha. He is involved in court cases.
12/10/1999Pranab Mukherjee and Jaipal Reddy are chosen outstanding parliamentarians for 1997 and 1998 respectively.
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
5/2/1985Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away.
1/24/1957Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.
8/12/1922Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrati one-act player, play wright story writer and novelist, was born.
9/15/1861Dr. Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, famous architect, engineer and a diplomat, also a Bharat Ratna awardee, was born at Chickballapur in Mysore (Karnataka) in a poor Brahmin family.
7/4/1991Fourth test of missile 'Prithvi'.