On 7 July 1896, the Lumiere Brothers of France screened six films at Watson Hotel, Bombay, marking the birth of Indian cinema. The Lumiere brothers were French cinematographers who came to India to ...

Karai” means lime mix and “Kal” means ‘canal’, thereby the name may mean a canal built of lime mix. The imperial Gazetteer gives it the meaning ‘fish pass’. The town is also known as Karaigiri in ...