Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Chronicle/1928

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Feb 28, 2012, 8:08:09 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Lawrence Liang

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Chronicle/1928

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 * The first major textile strike in Bombay, led by the Girni Kamgar Union, lasts for six months and establishes the CPI as a political force.
 
-* The Indian Cinematograph Committee (1927-8) publishes its report. Appointed to counteract American imports with censorship regulations, the Report refused to give British films preferential treatment and recommended a series of measures to promote Indian films instead, with measures such as financial incentives to producers, the abolition of raw stock duty and the reduction of entertainment tax. The British administration ignores the report. 
+* The [[Indian Cinematograph Committee]] (1927-8) publishes its report. Appointed to counteract American imports with censorship regulations, the Report refused to give British films preferential treatment and recommended a series of measures to promote Indian films instead, with measures such as financial incentives to producers, the abolition of raw stock duty and the reduction of entertainment tax. The British administration ignores the report. 
 
 * A. R. Kardar starts the United Players Corporation in Lahore, the origin of Playart Phototone.