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Historical Event on 1/10/1996

All in all, it has been a long story of nearly nine decades, with the early shaky screen images turning into a multi-pronged and multi-winged empire of its own, that has yielded about 27,000 feature films and thousands of documented short films.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/11/1996A.P. cyclone toll may cross 2,500.
9/29/1959Arati Saha successfully swam the English Channel. She was the first Asian lady to achieve the feat.
8/1/200027 'yatris' (travelers) die after militants attack a ''langar'' in a Pahalgam health resort en route to the Amarnath cave shrine.
11/5/1920Indian Red Cross society was founded in India under Bengal Act VIII. St.John Ambulance Association is a wing of this societywhich directed Improvement of Health, Prevention of Diseases and Mitigation of Suffering activities.
1/26/1995Three powerful bombs rip through a celebration at a sports stadium in Kashmir as the State Governor addresses the crowd;7 people killed and 47 injured.
3/29/1943Shaheed Laxman Nayak, freedom fighter and leader, was hanged at Berhampur Jail.
8/22/1993Gundu Rao, former Chief Minister of Karnataka, died. He was 56.
11/13/1917Vasantrao Banduji Patil, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
1/5/1968Government of India accepts the administrative reforms commission's recommendation to appoint a Lok Pal.