Moving pictures by the Lumiere brothers were first screened in India in which city?
AMadras
BBombay
CDelhi
DLucknow
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Bombay
1. The history of film in India begins with a screening in July 1895.
2. The brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed their pictures in Bombay.
3. Delhi, Madras and Lucknow are not named for that first screening.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mass media in India, Motion pictures_
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