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Historical Event on 1/24/1957

Kagaz Ke Phool, the first Indian black and white cinemascope film, was made.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/3/1859A length of 119 miles of line was laid in the North from Allahabad to Kanpur.
10/15/1961Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad.
6/1/1930Baba Adhav was born.
3/24/1977Morarji Desai elected leader of Janata Party and sworn in as the Prime Minister of India at New Delhi. Later he formed his cabinet. He was in the office of Prime Minister till July 28, 1979. This was first non-Congress Government in India.
2/6/1994World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established.
8/15/2000Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, says in his Independence Day address, ""Borders cannot be redrawn either in the name of religion or on the strength of the sword"".
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
12/15/1894Saraswatibai, famous singer and classical music expert, was born.
10/24/1851First official telegraph line was opened between Calcutta and Daimond Harbour spanning 33.8 km.
11/27/1994Shyam Vyas, veteran Hindi story writer, passed away.