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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/7/1988President's rule in Mizoram.
4/16/1801Warrior Vithoji Holkar of Peshwa kingdom was assassinated.
4/16/1801Property Tax was passed.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
9/9/1947Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, great philosopher, linguist, art historian, painter and critic, died at Needham, Boston.
6/25/1997USA & India sign a new bilateral treaty for the extradition of fugitive offenders.
1/27/1967Maharashtra State Text book manufacturing and carriculum modification Corporation established at Pune.
6/15/1982Supreme Court rules that all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to public education.
11/5/1990Janata Dal splits. The breakaway group claims support of 58 M.P.'s to elect Mr. Chandrashekhar as leader. V.P. Singh's government loses confidence motion in the Lok Sabha.
1/4/1909Prabhakar Padhye, modern Marathi litterateur, was born.