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| V. The Modern Period, 1789–1914 > D. South and Southeast Asia, 1753–1914 > 1. India, 1800–1914 > 1896 | ||||
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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
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| July. The first film shown in India was presented by the Lumiere brothers in Bombay; in the next year it was shown in South India. By 1900 films were presented regularly. The first Indian feature film was made in 1912; Bombay (Urdu films) and Madras (Tamil regional films) became the two largest centers of production. Film conventions rested in large part on public enactments, both popular and classical. (Contemporary India is home to the largest film industry in the world.) | 1 |
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| Coronation durbar at Delhi. King-Emperor George V announced transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi and reversal of the partition of Bengal. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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