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Historical Event on 5/19/1954

The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/29/1844W.C. Bonerjee, first President of the Indian National Congress, was born in Kidderpore, Calcutta.
1/14/1994The first Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centenary Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, instituted by ICMR in 1991-92, was announced in 1994 (Dr. G. Padamanabhan, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the first recipient of this Award).
1/1/1973Indian General Insurance Corporation nationalised.
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.
8/25/1994Ramdas Nayak, President of BJP Mumbai and former MLA was assassinated at Chembur, Mumbai. He was 52.
3/29/1914Sudhir Gupta, famous Hindi poet and educationist, was born in Kalasgram, Bangladesh.
9/6/1996CBI arrests four Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leaders in bribery case.
3/12/1992Centenary celebrations held at Kasturba Hospital for Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
1/24/1999The Orissa police arrest 47 persons in connection with the killing of the Australian missionary.
8/11/1956The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.