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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
11/24/1926Aurobindo Ghose, former I.C.S. and revolutionary, attained full enlightenment I.e 'Purna Siddhi'.
8/11/1893First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
11/24/1999India finish with 10 gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals in the Commonwealth shooting championship which ended in Auckland.
6/5/1882Cyclonic Storm & floods in Arabian Sea hit Bombay. About 100,000 people drowned.
8/21/1978Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, died. He played 44 tests for India and had 2109 runs and took 162 wickets.
10/25/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
11/15/1992At least 170 people die in heavy rains and floods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
1/12/1995Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000.
10/17/1994Seshan's controversial biography ''DMK'' obtains stay.
10/30/1999The Central Ministerial team led by Mr. Advani is prevented from making an on-the-spot assessment of the havoc wrecked by the super cyclone.