1909
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The Indian Councils Act, 1909 ( Minto Morley Reforms) is announced, introducing elections while trying to split the nationalist movement along communal lines by introducing seperate electorates. Ananda Coomaraswamy publishes Essays in Nationalist Idealism. The Amateur Dramatics Association is started in Bangalore, associated with playwright T.P.Kailasam and stage actor-director Ballari Raghava, bringing modernism to Kannada theatre. Performance in Bengal of Dwijendralal Roy's historical, Shah Jehan. Together with Rana Pratapsingha (1904), Durgadas ( 1906), Noor Jehan ( 1907) and Mewar Patan ( 1908), Shah Jehan anchors the stage historical in communal and nationalist politics.
1909 in phalke's journey
