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| 1896 | ||||
| 7/7 - | The first public screenings are held at the elite Watsons Hotel in Bombay. [MORE] | |||
| 1898 | ||||
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| 4/4 - | Hiralal Sen and his brothers establish the Royal Bioscope Company. [MORE] | |||
| 1899 | ||||
| Nov - | Harischandra Sakharan Bhatavdekar, popularly known as Save Dada, films The Wrestlers, the first film made by a native Indian. [MORE] | |||
| 1901 | ||||
| 7/12 - | Harischandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar films Sr. Wrangler Mr. R. P. Paranjpe India's first significant newsreel footage. [MORE] | |||
| Amarendra Nath Dutta makes use of film for a stage play in Calcutta. [MORE] | ||||
| 1903 | ||||
| 1/1 - | Bhatavadekar and American Biograph film Lor Curzons Delhi Durbar. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 8/2 - | Gaumont, Pathe, Georges Mendel and Warwick all release films simultaneously about Edward VII's coronation durbar in Delhi. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1904 | ||||
| Manek Sethna founds the Touring Cinema Co. in Bombay. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1905 | ||||
| Swamikannu Vincent, a railway draughtsman, begins a traveling tent theatre in the south of the country. [MORE] | ||||
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| Jamshedji Framji Madan produces Jyotish Sarkars film of a protest rally against the Partition of Bengal. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1906 | ||||
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J. F. Madans Elphinstone Bioscope Co. enjoys domination of indigenous film production. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1907 | ||||
| J. F. Madan opens the Elphinstone Palace cinema in Calcutta.[MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| Pathe Brothers install Alex Hague to run their newly-opened Indian office.[MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| The Elphinstone Company film Air of Kabul's Procession. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1910 | ||||
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| Dec - | Dadasaheb Phalke attends a screening of The Life of Christ at P. B. Mehtas American-Indian Cinema in Bombay. It is a visit that will result in him becoming the founder of Indian cinema. [MORE] [ADD] |