| | 1 | * Madhav Prasad Mishra’s short story, Ladki Ki Bahaduri, appears in the journal Sudarshan. It is sometimes cited as the first work of short fiction in the still-evolving Hindustani language. |
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| | 3 | * Veer Savarkar, later associated with the right-wing Hindu Mahasabha, starts the Abhinav Bharat as a secret society of revolutionary terrorists. |
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| | 5 | * The Maharashtra Natak Mandali introduces naturalist prose theatre, later associated with the stage/film star Keshavrao Date. |
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| | 7 | * Manek D. Sethna starts the Touring Cinema Co. in Bombay, showing The Life of Christ (two reels). |
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