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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
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
8/1/1989Kirti Vrajlal Ambani,Reliance executive, held in connection with a plot to kill Bombay Dyeing Chairman Nusli Wadia.
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
12/13/1978Sayyed Avid Husain, litterateur and Padmabhushan awardee, passed away.
8/9/1965Pakistan chose to persist while the Indian Army Corps on the ceasefire line got down to neutralizing the Gibraltar Force. As a first step, main infiltration routes were blocked and Pakistan was forced out of the Haji Fir bulge (known to them as Bedori).
10/29/1958Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.
3/29/1989Central Institute of Fisheries Education gets the distinction of becoming the first Fisheries University in India.
3/17/1999GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.
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