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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
12/5/1999India's Yukta Mookhey is crowned Miss World.
7/20/1905First Partition of Bengal, which was proposed by Lord Curzon, was accepted by British Government's Minister of India.
5/28/1963Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India).
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
4/28/1848Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
3/22/1885Gulam Yazdani, great archaeologist and critic, was born.
1/1/1966Vimal Roy, film maker and producer, passed away.
3/22/1993The Lok Sabha passes the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 1993 and the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 1993.
1/15/1656Chhatrapati Shivaji conquered Javali state.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .