Brace yourselves people! These facts will make you feel really, really old.
1. The Chacha Chaudhary comic series was first published way back in 1971.
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2. Remember these things? Owning one was cool before iPod hijacked its place in our lives.
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3. And these? Family get togethers meant seeing your parents wedding videos back then.
4. Popular kids TV channel Pogo was launched more than a decade ago.
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5. JK Rowling released the first Harry Potter book 18 years ago, while the last one in the series was released 9 years ago.
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6. Our favourite TV show Hip Hip Hurray ended in 2000.
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7. Just Mohabbat actor, Vatsal Seth, is 35 years old now.
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8. Shaktiman first aired on Indian TV in 1997. Its main protagonist Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri aka Mukesh Khanna is 57 now.
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9. It’s been nearly 20 years since Hum Paanch.
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10. Dekh Bhai Dekh was first aired on TV back in 1993.
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11. Which was the year Alia Bhatt was born!
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12. The first Indian edition of Reader’s Digest was published way back in 1954.
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13. Remember chewing Big Babol gum? It was first sold in 1994 in India.
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14. The much-loved Sarabhai vs Sarabhai wrapped up 10 years ago.
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15. Filmfare magazine’s first issue came in 1952.
Here, have a look at one of its oldest covers.
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16. Buttercup, Bubbles and Blossom came in our living rooms for the first time in 1998.
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17. Avika Gor, who debuted as the 11 year old Anandi in Balika Vadhu, is 19 now.
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18. Widely-used social networking site Facebook, which now has around 1,310,000,000 active monthly users, was launched a decade ago. This is how it looked like back then.
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19. The first T20 match was played in 2003.
20. The first metro train in Delhi ran 13 years ago, revolutionizing travelling in the Capital forever.
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21. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, one of the longest-running TV serials, was first aired in July 2000. That was 18 years from now.
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22. CID, which is still running strong, completed 18 years of existence this year.
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23. Remember how crazy we were for Tazos? Believe it or not, they first came out in 1994.
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24. “Tu Tu Main Main” was first aired around two decades ago. So was “Zabaan Sambhaal Ke.”
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25. You have survived many apocalypses, including the Y2K and Mayan apocalypse in 2000 and 2014, respectively.
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26. Do you remember the little ‘jalebi’ kid in the Dhara ad? That adorable kid has turned into a 23 year old cute boy next door.
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27. The first PVR cinema was established 18 years ago.
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28. A majority of Indians said goodbye to cable wallas when Dish TV was first introduced in the country. And it has been almost a decade to that.
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29. Basanti first danced kutto ke saamney almost four decades ago! Unbelievable right?
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30. The first animated Ramayana movie was released 23 years ago. That’s almost as old as some of us are.
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Feeling old? So are we!
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