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Historical Event on 5/8/1954

Indian Government decided to integrate Chandranagar in West Bengal which was under the rule of the French.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/19/2000Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, gets the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 1999.
3/15/1904Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
1/1/1948Orissa High Court was established at Cuttack for Orissa territory.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
7/1/1852For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.
11/2/1889Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.
3/2/1996Malabar University (Kerala) comes into being.
4/1/1963Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed.
4/30/1992Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes.