'''1937: Key Events'''

* Elections under the 1935 Act, when several political veterans contest for governmental office for the first time in their lives, leads to a Congress triumph in 8 of the 11 British-ruled provinces. 

* C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyer, the dewan of Travancore, announces the Temple Entry proclamation and later concedes communal representation to keep the Christian, Ezhava and Muslim communities from becoming a joint opposition to Nair and caste-Hindu domination. 

* Amrita Sher-Gil, who returned to India in 1934, visits the Ajanta and Mattancheri murals (1936-7), and paints her major works, Brahmacharis and Bride’s Toilet.

* First ‘songless’ film, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBH_Wadia|J. B. H. Wadia]]’s [[Naujawan]]. 

* The first indigenously made colour film is [[idwani]]’s [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisan_Kanya_(1937_film)|Kisan Kanya]], using the Cinecolor process acquired by Imperial.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._R._Sundaram|T. R. Sundaram]] starts [[Modern Theatres]] in Salem; Newtone Studio starts in Madras. 

* The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) is formed in Bombay, the first and for several years the most influential trade union in the film industry. 

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Tukaram_(film)|Sant Tukaram]] receives a special jury mention in Venice. 

* The Amateur Cine Society of India is formed in Bombay by, a. o. , [[P. V. Pathy]], Stanley Jepson and Rudi Van Leyden. 

* Jogjiban Bandyopadhyay sets up the Bengali film weekly Kheyali.