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Historical Event on 8/7/1905

The first political documentary ootage was the Great Bengal Partition Movement: Meeting and Procession shot by Jyotish Sarkar and Jamshedji F. Madan in Calcutta.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1948State Transport Corporation was established in Calcutta.
10/16/1994IRS P-2 successfully placed in orbit.
12/22/1928An Alpine Romance', a 709 feet long sound film produced by Universal Picture Corporation, America, was the first sound film censored at Bombay on December 22. The other sound films censored on the same day were 'The Brox Sisters' and 'Bailey and Barnum.'
8/30/1994The ruling CPC-led Left Front captures large majority of gram panchayat seats in Tripura civic polls.
9/7/1999India rejects Pakistan demand for a East Timor type of referendum in Kashmir.
4/24/1966Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer (Indian off-spinner 1989), was born in Secunderabad.
7/2/1992Six new ministers inducted into the Union Cabinet.
2/17/1917Fali Mistry, film director and cameraman, was born in Bombay.
7/28/1924Many deaths were reported and several villages were destroyed due to floods in the south.
7/31/1997Election Commission agrees to grant national party status to Bahujan Samaj Party but asks it to give up its election symbol--elephant.