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Historical Event on 7/7/1896
The premier show of the 'Marvel of the Century', first cinema show India, arranged by the Representatives of French Lumiere brothers- Louis and August Lumiere, was held at Watson Hotel in Bombay. The regular shows, however, started from July 14, 1896 at the Novelty Theatre. This show advertisment appeared in the 'Times of India', carrying details of a film show to be held for the first time on Indian soil.
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| 5/19/1911 | K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind. |
| 7/3/1897 | Hansa Mehta, educationist and social reformer, was born at Surat (Gujarat). |
| 6/20/1972 | Paras Laxmikant Mhambrey, great Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/11/1994 | Shankarrao Savekar, veteran cameraman of film industry, passed away. |
| 11/6/1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, film actor, died. |
| 10/31/1990 | Hindus flee Muslim prorsecution in Kashmir Valley. |
| 5/5/1989 | Naval Tata, famous industrialist, passed away. |
| 10/16/1945 | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) established. |
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