1927: Key Events

• The Indian Trade Union Act comes into force on 1 June, defining the terms for union recognition and their frame of reference.

• Industrialists set up the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

• The Indian Broadcasting Company starts operations in Bombay and Calcutta, inaugurating professional radio in India.

• Modhu Bose starts the Calcutta Amateur Players theatre group.

• Indian Kinema Arts Studio starts in Calcutta, one of the predecessors of New Theatres.

• Film journals the Movie Mirror (Madras) and Kinema (Bombay) are started.