Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Chronicle/1950


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Feb 29, 2012, 12:07:12 PM (12 years ago)
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Lawrence Liang
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  • Chronicle/1950

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     1''1950: Key Events''' 
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     3* India declares itself a sovereign democratic republic (26 January): population 350 million. The Republic is elected member of the UN Security Council for two years.  
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     5* The Assam earthquake (1 August).  
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     7* The Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda, starts; ten years later, it becomes the pre-eminent centre for contemporary Indian art. 
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     9* Jean Renoir and Satyajit Ray meet on the shoot of The River in Bengal.  
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     11* Nemai Ghosh makes Chinnamul in Calcutta.  
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     13* The celebrated Tamil film Ezhai Padum Padu establishes Ramnoth, Nagaiah and Arudra.  
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     15* C. R. Subburaman, Samudrala Raghavacharya, Vedantam Raghavaiah and others start the Vinoda Studio.  
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     17* Vijaya Pictures starts with Shavukaru.  
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     19* The Pakistan government levies a tax of Re 1 per foot on all imported Indian films.