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| | 3 | * The Indian Air Force is formed, named ‘Royal’ during WW2. The Indian Military Academy is started at Dehra Dun on the lines of the Sandhurst academy. |
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| | 5 | * The government of India nationalises radio broadcasting. |
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| | 7 | * Choudhury Rehmat Ali’s note of 28 January is the first time the word ‘Pakistan’ (Land of the Pure) is used: it is also a loose acronym for ‘Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sind, Baluchistan’. |
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| | 9 | * In Calcutta, Bengal Lamps is India’s first manufacturer of light bulbs and electrical equipment. |
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| | 11 | * Natyamanwantar stages its landmark Marathi stage production, Andhalyanchi Shala. |
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| | 13 | * Prabhat Studio moves to Pune; its Sairandhri, processsed and printed in Germany, becomes India’s first colour film. |
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| | 15 | * Kolhapur Cinetone is started. Wadia Movietone is founded, establishing the stunt film as a respectable, big- budget genre, with Hunterwali (1935). |
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| | 17 | * Vijay Bhatt and others start Prakash Pictures. |
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| | 19 | * Vel Pictures and Tamil Nadu Talkies are launched in Madras. |
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| | 21 | * Himansu Rai’s fourth international venture, Karma, is premièred in London. |
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| | 23 | * The air-conditioned Regal Cinema opens in Bombay. |