May19

Cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh claiming 608 lives and rendering 20,000 homeless.

Manik Bandopadhyay, modern Bengali novelist and story-writer, was born.

K.N. Vaswani, educationist and Journalist, was born at Hyderabad, Sind.

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, President of India, was born.

Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, passed away at Nauheim, Hesse-Nassau, France. He commenced cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.

Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of Mishra Brothers, first historian of Hindi litterateur, passed away.

State to control production and distribution of minerals involved in atomic energy development.

Indian Navy's first submarine station started at 'Veer Bahu' in Visakhapatanam.

Government decides to merge Vayudut with Indian Airlines.

Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.

Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds.

Farm truck packed with wedding party run over by a train, killing 66 in truck, at 40 miles south of Pune.

S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2 wkts @ 101, passed away.

The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.

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.

Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.

T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.

Elections for Assemblies held in West Bengal, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala.

About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.

S. R. Bommai unanimously elected President of JD.

A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister Mahendra Pal Choudhary. President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara proclaims a state of emergency.