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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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11/13/1901Four Language panels were started on Rs. 10/- notes. First time four corner serial numbers were introduced. This panel had Indian languages which varied from state to state.
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
8/1/1970Bhopal University was established.
8/9/1992Golden jubilee celebrations of the Quit India Movement begin in Bombay.
7/8/1996Tamil Nadu Govt. moves SC for fresh directions to Karnataka govt. for release of 15 tmc. ft. of water.
12/15/1974Rasulatbai, veteran classical music expert, died.
8/3/1898Udayshankar Bhatt, modern Hindi dramatist, poet and novelist, was born.
2/19/1992Shridhar Narayan Bendre, famous painter, passed away.
1/1/1989Dinkar Sakrikar, editor of monthly magzine 'Purva' and socialist, passed away.
10/24/1990BJP-sponsored 'Bharat Bandh' in protest against L. K. Advani's arrest evokeed mixed response.