'''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.