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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 |
| 7/3/1838 | Mama Parmanand, one of the founders of `Prarthana Samaj', was born. |
| 7/3/1838 | Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, vaishnav Sant, passed away. His mortal remains at Puri.(9/7or 29/6). |
| 7/17/1947 | Ramdas Coastal Steamer sank off Bombay claiming 550 lives. |
| 10/17/1949 | The Constituent Assembly of India adopted Article 370 of the Constitution making special provisions for J&K. |
| 5/9/1866 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale, freedom fighter and political leader, was born in Kotluk village of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. |
| 3/1/1995 | Iftikar, famous character actor, died. |
| 6/20/1911 | Dattatray Purushottam Karmarkar, veteran freedom fighter and former cabinet minister, died. |
| 11/30/1995 | G. Umapati, filmmaker, died. |
| 7/25/1955 | Indian Government declared in Lok Sabha that Portuguese's were asked to close their offices in New Delhi. |
| 6/9/1752 | French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly, India. |
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