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Published: 31 March 2026

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The first Marwari (Rajasthani) film. Was also made in Hindi.

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Published: 08 May 2026

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Happened on August 26, 1946. 

Image thanks to N Ramaswamy.

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Published: 18 February 2026

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Mr Parikh was a Vaishnav Gujarati and Miss Lakdawala was Bohra Muslim.

Their families disapproved of the match but they got married anyway on August 1st 1941 in a civil court.

Their common friend Ayub hosted a celebration at Purohit, a vegetarian restaurant with close friends.  

Asha Parikh was born on Oct 2, 1942. Slowly the families relented and everything was OK.

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