''''1960: Key Events'''


* Bombay State is divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat. Steel production starts at the Durgapur plant. 

* Indian Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, is commissioned in Belfast. 

* The National Museum opens in New Delhi.

* The government implements the 1951 Film Committee recommendation and starts the [[Film Finance Corporation]] to give low- interest loans to selected projects. 

* In the late 60s, the FFC emphasises the financing of the independent sector. 

* The Film Institute is started at Pune, on the former [[Prabhat Studio]] premises; the Institute for Film Technology is started in Madras. 

* The Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Co. starts making b&w X-ray film. 

* [[Mughal-e-Azam]], the most expensive feature to date, is completed. 

* [[Ranadheera Kanteerava]] is the first big Kannada hit, establishing its star, [[Rajkumar]]. 

* [[Shri Venkateshwara Mahatyam]] inaugurates [[N. T. Rama Rao’s]] political persona of the ‘living god’. 

* The weekly tabloid Movieland is launched in Madras. 

* Gandhian Sarvodaya workers start a series of protests against indecent film posters and hoardings.