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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 |
| 2/27/1956 | G. V. Mavlankar, first speaker of Lok Sabha, passed away. |
| 12/27/1797 | Mirza Ghalib, great urdu poet and writer, was born at Agra. |
| 4/24/1998 | 24 persons are killed and 28 injured when some bogies of a goods train break free and roll back to collide with the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath in Maharashtra. |
| 11/3/1999 | Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M). |
| 8/22/1919 | Girijakumar Mathur, famous modern Hindi poet, was born. |
| 9/27/1907 | Bhagat Singh, the legendary revolutionary, was born at Banga in West Punjab, Layalpur now in Pakistan. |
| 4/15/1975 | Janata Party's `People's March' to Parliament. |
| 1/10/1986 | Pakistan decides to lift 8-year-old ban on private trade with India. |
| 5/21/1923 | Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born. |
| 4/25/1915 | The German High Command has admitted that chlorine gas bombs and shells were used in the attack on the French front at Ypres three days ago. The effect of the gas attack was to open a four-mile gap in the Allied line. The Canadian troops on one flank held against German attacks, and British and Indian forces filled the breach. Fortunately for the Allies, the Germans had no reserve forces available to push into the breach. No tactical advantage was won by this first use of the new weapon. The Germans promised, however, that ""more effective substances can be expected."" Meanwhile, they were condemned for the use of this novel weapon. |
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