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Historical Event on 5/19/1956
The Indian govt. bans six U.S. and two British films for presenting a 'disparaging' impression of life in Africa, including 'African Queen' and 'Mogambo' at New Delhi.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/25/1995 | Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN. |
| 10/5/1805 | Lord Charles Cornwallis, Governor General, died of ill health at Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 4/1/1954 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee became the first Indian to become the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 08/Nov/1960. |
| 9/1/1896 | Bhaktivedanta Swami, litterateur and social worker, was born in Calcutta. |
| 1/31/1997 | Government raises quantity of gold that can be brought into the country by non-residents to 10 kg. (from the existing 5). |
| 1/30/1911 | Gajananrao Joshi, famous violin player and singer of ""Gwalior Gharana"", was born. |
| 12/30/1865 | Rudyard Kipling, famous English litterateur and author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), was born in Bombay. |
| 3/22/1932 | Indian Muslims break with Great Britain. |
| 9/9/1920 | Anglo Oriental College of Aligargh became Aligarh Muslim University. It was the first university to use the regional language. |
| 2/9/1984 | Balasarasvati, eminent classical Karnatic singer and Bharat Natyam dancer of worldwide acclaim, passed away in Madras. |
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