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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
2/21/1953Tillaya Dam and Bokaro Power Station opened by the PM.
9/15/1953S. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the first lady President of the eighth session of the United Nations Organisation's (UNO) General Assembly.
5/19/1796Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.
4/3/1987S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
2/7/1795Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies.
1/5/1985Rajiv Gandhi promises to solve the Punjab problem without yielding to 'separatist ideologies.
1/31/1985Under the 52nd Constitutional Amendment, Anti-Defector Bill was passed unanimously in Lok Sabha. This avoided the Representatives of People to switch over political parties.
11/11/1998India objects to Washington's discrimination in easing sanctions against New Delhi and Islamabad, clamped in the wake of the nuclear tests by the two countries.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
2/14/1628Kritiwas, writer of Ramayana in Bengali language, was born.