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Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is Japan’s highest mountain in Japan with a height above 12,000 ft. In June 2013, it has been included as a UNESCO World Heritage site as...

September 18, 2014

What is Rebel issue in numismatic parlance ?

A ‘rebel issue’ in numismatic parlance is one that is issued by a person anticipating to become the ruler, even before the coronation. Though some “rebel issues” from...

September 18, 2014

Yellowknife Bay

Yellowknife Bay is a geological feature on the planet Mars, named after the bay of the same name in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is located in...

September 18, 2014

The Court Dancer

In 1941, India got its first English film in The Court Dancer (Raj Nartaki), produced by Wadia Movietone and directed by Modhu Bose. It was the first Indian...

September 18, 2014

Kisan Kanaya

The 1937 film Kisan Kanya became the first colour film to be made entirely in India.

September 18, 2014

Kapal Kundala

Kapal Kundala was a Bengali novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. A film with the same name Kapal KLundala was the first literary adaptation in Indian cinema. The film...

September 18, 2014

Ardeshir Irani

All we know that in 1931, Alam Ara, India’s first talkie directed by Ardeshir Irani was released. ‘De du khuda ke naam Par’, sung by Wazir Mohammed Khan,...

September 18, 2014

Fatma Begam

Fatma Begum was an actor, director, producer and screenwriter and first female director and studio owner in the Indian film industry. About Fatma Begum Fatma Begum was born...

September 18, 2014

Kohinoor Film Company

In 1918, Dwarkadas Sampat set up Kohinoor Film Company, which was India’s first film studio. In the same year, 1918, Censorship was born with the passing of Cinematograph...

September 18, 2014

Shree Pundalik

Shree Pundalik, which was released on 18 May 1912 at the Coronation Cinematograph, Girgaum, Mumbai, is one of the candidates for the first Indian film (silent film). Shree...

September 18, 2014

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