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Historical Event on 1/24/1952

The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/29/1953Mount Everest conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay.
3/14/1994Narsinha Rao, Prime Minister, arrives in London for a 4-day official visit.
2/12/1890Shastri A. R. Krishna was born.
10/29/1952Amalgamation of the Steel Corporation of Bengal with Indian Iron and Steel Company Ltd. to be effective from 1st January 1953 under the latter's name.
9/6/1995Meenatai Thackrey, social worker and Matoshree of Shivsainik's, passed away.
4/13/1994United Arab Emirates lost to India in its first official ODI.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
1/10/199526th International Film Festival of India opens at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.
1/10/1995Amir Timur of Timur Lang invaded India with 92 squadrons of horses and 90,000 cavalry and reached the banks of Sindhu river near Atak city (now in Pakistan). He then attacked Delhi because its Muslim Sultanate was too tolerant of Hindu idolatry. A Mongolian follower of Sufism, he was one of the most ruthless of all conquerors. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock (now in Pakistan) on 24 September 1398.
11/6/1952Dipal Jayant Tilak, journalist and editor, was born.