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Historical Event on 5/19/1954

The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/19/1997I.K. Gujral, External Affairs Minister, chosen leader of United Front in place of Deve Gowda.
7/1/1997Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.
12/11/1780Goddard General, Bassein fort was captured near Bombay.
9/16/1913Kasturba Gandhi was arrested.
6/9/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India ends.
11/21/1947First postal stamp of indepedent India of three and half annas denomination was started. Major General Cariappa took over from Lieutenant General Sir Francies Tulker as the Army Commander, Eastern Command, in the rank of Lieutenant General.
5/10/1901Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian scientist, in the hall of the Royal Society, London, which was packed with eminent scientists today on May 10, 1901 proved that ""plants and animal have similar touch sense"".
9/10/1923Sukumar Roy, famous Bengali child litterateur, passed away.
8/4/1935Government of India got the Royal Assent Act 1935.
4/8/1973India takes control over Sikkim after anti-government riots.