INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 1952

Scene from Bollywood film, "Baiju Bawra"(1952)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1952. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 1952

First Hydrogen Bomb Test in Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific.

Early test to develop H bomb
King George VI of England dies. Queen Elizabeth II is crowned queen.

Queen Elizabeth II and royal consort.
General Fulgencio Batista re-takes power in Cuba.
Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution.
Us occupation of Japan formally ends.
Military coup in Egypt ousts King Farouk.
Dr. C. Walton Lillehei and Dr. F. John Lewis perform first open-heart surgery at the University of Minnesota.
Soviet Union vetoes Japan's application for membership in the United Nations.
Martial law declared in Kenya due to Mau Mau uprising.
First "sex change" operation performed.
Polio epidemic sweeps through much of the Western World.
Commercial aviation expands.

Air hostesses

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India holds its first general election.

India's first general election
The Indian National Congress headed by Jawaharlal Nehru comes into power.
In Dhaka, East Pakistan police open fire on a procession of students, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which leads to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan.
22 year old Indrani Rahman creates controversy as the Indian representative in the "Miss Universe" contest. She is married and the mother of a five year old daughter. Furthermore, the fact that she is a Muslim and that racially she is only half Indian is seen by many as an issue.

Indrani Rahman
Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian teacher dies.

Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952)
First Lok Sabha commences.
Jawaharlal Nehru announces first "Five Year plan".

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"Filmfare" magazine and the Hindi tabloid "Cinema" are launched.

Filmfare Magazine
The "Cinematograph Act of 1952" is passed by Parliament. This replaces the earlier act of 1918
Chandulal Shah leads a film delegation to Hollywood, where he meets with prominent filmmakers.
Bombay Talkies ends.
West Pakistan bans the importation of Indian Films.
Jagdish Raj first puts on a police uniform for the film C.I.D. He later goes on to play policemen for a total 144 films. He holds the world record for number of times a person played a policeman in a films.

Jagdish Raj in "Waqt"
India holds its first international film festival in Bombay.
Actor / film-maker Rishi Kapoor is born.
Future actor / playback singer/ film-maker Amit Kumar is born to Kishore Kumar and Ruma Guha.

Ruma Guha, Amit Kumar and Kishore Kumar (circa 1953)
Asha Parekh has her film debute at the age of 10 in "Aasman". She goes under the name "Baby Asha Parekh". She is nine years old.