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Historical Event on 5/4/1854

The first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1676East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.
2/6/1950N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953.
7/4/1897Nanaksingh, famous Punjabi novelist, was born in a Hindu family in village Chak Hamid, Tehsil Dadan Khan, District Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
9/13/1906Surendra Kumar Dey, social reformer and politician, was born at Sylhet (Bangladesh).
10/11/1941Amitabh Bachchan, famous film actor, was born.
3/15/1946Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
1/2/2000Surya Sekar Ganguly (Goodricke National Academy) wins the Junior National chess championship in Sivakasi.
4/22/1998India and Bangladesh resolve to work together to ''root out terrorism'', push bilateral trade and harness river waters of the region.
2/21/1959Press Club of India was founded in New Delhi.
7/9/1996A Delhi court summoned former Prime Minister Narsimha Rao to face trial as an accused in the Lakhubhai Pathak cheating case in which godman Chandraswami was already facing trial.