Houston Indian Community - HoustonIndian.net
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 1/9/1972

In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/25/1930Mehdi Baqer, great educationist, was born at Faizabad in UP.
5/23/1903Gemini Roy, famous Painter, joined Government School of Arts and Crafts at Calcutta.
5/8/1906Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born.
7/13/1913Tulsi Prasad Khaitan, great industrialist, was born in Chandi village, Bihar .
9/3/1906Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
3/1/1939Satish Kumar Sareen was born in Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). He became the Air Chief Marshal.
4/6/1930Mahatma Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt for breaking the 'Salt Law'. He was arrested at Dandi. This movement gathered strength and within a month about one lakh people were sent to jail. This violation of Salt Law was the second great step in India's Freedom Movement.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
5/13/1923Moinul Haque Choudhury, social reformer and politician, was born at Sonabarighat (Assam).
10/29/1962China attacked India.