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Historical Event on 5/18/1912
Narayan Govind Chitre, with the help of R. P. Tipnis and Cameraman Johnson, produced a 8000 ft. long theatrical film 'Pundalik', which was directed by Ramchandra Torney alias Dada Saheb Torne. The entire film was shot in a theatre at Mangaldas Wadi in Bombay, where the Sangit Mandali, a professional theatre group, was performing a play 'Pundalik'. The film was released on May, 18 in the Coronation Cinematograph at Girgaum, Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/25/1996	Maharashta govt. announces decision to revive Sri Krishna Commission set up to probe the 1993 Mumbai riots.
3/5/1999	The indigenously-built multi-barrel rocket launcher ''Pinaka'' is successfully test-fired at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa.
3/10/1939	17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad, India.
3/24/1855	First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
11/22/1971	Indian and Pakistan governments protested violations of national airspace along the western border, but aerial conflict between the respective air arms began, preceding full-scale warfare between India and Pakistan by 12 days.
6/23/1987	D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
3/19/1848	Lokhitwadi started his column 'Shatpatra' in the newspaper named 'Prabhakar'.
2/13/1922	The Indian National Congress suspends its civil disobedience campaign in the face of mounting violence.
8/2/1970	Smt. Chonira Beliappa Muthamma, India's first woman ambassador, was deputed at Hungary.
5/15/1999	The BJP and at least 13 of its allies rename themselves the National Democratic Alliance.

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