| | 1 | '''1943: Key Events''' |
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| | 3 | * The Bengal famine (1943-4), a direct consequence of war profiteering and speculation, leaves five million dead. |
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| | 5 | * The best- known work of art dealing with the issues involved is Bijon Bhattacharya’s play Nabanna, the inaugural production of the Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association. |
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| | 7 | * Subhash Chandra Bose arrives in Singapore by submarine from Kiel and becomes Supreme Commander of the Indian National Army. He proclaims a ‘Provisional Government of Azad Hind’ (Free India). His government in exile is immediately recognised by Germany and Japan. |
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| | 9 | * The Muslim League amends the ‘Quit India’ resolution to ‘Divide And Quit’. |
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| | 11 | * The Calcutta Group of painters, including Gopal Ghosh, Prodosh Dasgupta and Nirode Majumdar, has its first show. |
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| | 13 | * Kismet, one of the biggest hits in Indian film history, is released. |
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| | 15 | * Rajkamal Kalamandir’s début feature, Shakuntala, is a major hit. |
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| | 17 | * Information Films of India is started; |
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| | 19 | * the Defence of India Act is amended to force all distributors to pay for and to show the Indian News Parade. |
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| | 21 | * K. Ramnoth starts the Cine Technicians Association of South India. |
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| | 23 | * Court Dancer, the English version of Raj Nartaki, is released in the USA in a few provincial theatres. |
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| | 25 | * Kalish Mukhopadhyay starts the seminal Bengali film monthly Rupamancha, with extensive film and performing arts reviews, committed to film education and to the reorganisation of the industry. |