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Historical Event on 3/19/1954
The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/19/1954 | Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2). |
| 6/15/1953 | Internal Air Route Corporation of India was established. |
| 1/19/1951 | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkarbappa), social reformer of Gujrat and right hand of Gandhiji in socially segregated Harijans, passed away. |
| 5/29/1992 | Agni-India's IRB missile successfully test-fired from Orissa coast for the first time since May 22, 1989. |
| 1/27/1995 | Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal open at Kochi port. |
| 5/3/1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain(1897-1969), third President of India and the first Muslim President who occupied this office on 13 May, 1967, passed away. He is also remembered as an educationist. |
| 3/5/1989 | Baba Prithvisingh, founder of Labour Party, passed away. |
| 6/5/1992 | Hindi weelky of Indian Express Group 'Screen' published. |
| 6/5/1992 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal arrived at Cochin as Viceroy of India. |
| 10/25/1990 | Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died. |
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