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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 |
| 8/19/1903 | Gangadhar Devram Khanolkar, biographer and critic, was born. |
| 10/18/1992 | Zimbabwe's first Test match vs India at Harare. |
| 3/19/1998 | E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88. |
| 8/1/2000 | Lt. Gen. Padmanabhan to be new Army chief replacing Gen. V. P. Malik. |
| 6/6/1935 | Harry Crews, great US writer and actor (Indian Runner), was born. |
| 10/28/1977 | Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died. |
| 12/15/1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, first deputy Prime Minister of independent India also known as the 'Iron Man' and Bharat Ratna awardee, died. |
| 10/24/1955 | Ghulam Ahmad Hasan Muhammad Parkar, cricketer (Indian batsman vs England 1982), was born in Kalusta, Maharashtra. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
| 2/18/1946 | Cabinet Mission in India. |
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