| | 1 | ''''1960: Key Events''' |
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| | 4 | * Bombay State is divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat. Steel production starts at the Durgapur plant. |
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| | 6 | * Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, is commissioned in Belfast. |
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| | 8 | * The National Museum opens in New Delhi. |
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| | 10 | * The government implements the 1951 Film Committee recommendation and starts the Film Finance Corporation to give low- interest loans to selected projects. |
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| | 12 | * In the late 60s, the FFC emphasises the financing of the independent sector. |
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| | 14 | * The Film Institute is started at Pune, on the former Prabhat Studio premises; the Institute for Film Technology is started in Madras. |
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| | 16 | * The Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Co. starts making b&w X-ray film. |
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| | 18 | * Mughal-e-Azam, the most expensive feature to date, is completed. |
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| | 20 | * Ranadheera Kanteerava is the first big Kannada hit, establishing its star, Rajkumar. |
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| | 22 | * Shri Venkateshwara Mahatyam inaugurates N. T. Rama Rao’s political persona of the ‘living god’. |
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| | 24 | * The weekly tabloid Movieland is launched in Madras. |
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| | 26 | * Gandhian Sarvodaya workers start a series of protests against indecent film posters and hoardings. |