The year 1954 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1954 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Important Historical Events of the Year 1954 in World ⚡

Event__DateIncident/Event
08 MayThe central government included Chandranagar in the state of West Bengal.
15 JuneThe Football Association of Europe (European Football Association) was formed in the city of Basel, Switzerland.
05 JulyThe BBC broadcast the first television news bulletin. It had a duration of 20 minutes and was prepared in advance.
08 JulyPrime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru started the hydroelectric project on Bhakra-Nangal in Punjab, the world's largest canal.
13 JulyThe United States, Britain and France agreed to the partition of Vietnam in Geneva.
09 SeptemberThe earthquake in the Arlinsville region of the African country of Algeria killed 1400 people.
10 SeptemberAn earthquake in the southwestern region of the African country of Algeria killed the 1,400 people.
20 SeptemberThe first program of the Fortran language developed by IBAM was run on a computer.
06 OctoberPrime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced a National Health Plan for the country.
18 OctoberTexas Instruments Company manufactured the first transistor radio.
28 OctoberThe American writer Ernest Hemingway received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
01 DecemberMedha Patkar, a renowned philanthropist and founding member of the N 'Narmada Bachao Andolan', was born.
23 DecemberThe first successful kidney transplant occurred between two survivors in Boston.
02 JanuaryBharat Ratna Award was started.
10 JanuaryBritain's comet jet crashed in the Mediterranean, killing all 35 people on board the plane. Comet was the first jet aircraft in the world to be built by Britain.
11 JanuaryNobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, who raised a voice against child labor, was born.
03 FebruaryAround 800 people died in a stampede during the Kumbh Mela in Prayag.
01 MarchThe United States exploded the largest explosion by any human in the Bikini Islands of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. It is believed that the hydrogen bomb was a thousand times more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
21 MarchAt the first Filmfare Awards ceremony, only 5 awards were held, with two bighas of land receiving the best film award. The director of this film, Bimal Roy, won the Best Director award. Dilip Kumar Daag for Best Actor), Meena Kumari Baiju Bawra for Best Actress) and Naushad for Best Film for Best Film.
22 MarchThe first shopping mall in Southfield, Michigan opened in the US.
25 MarchThe country's first helicopter S-55 was launched in Delhi.
22 AprilThe then Soviet Russia joined UNESCO.
25 AprilBell Labs announced the first solar battery to be built in New York.
12 JanuaryThe avalanche in Austria killed more than 200 people.
03 FebruaryElizabeth II became the first ruling monarch to visit Australia.
12 MarchFinland and Germany officially ended the war situation.
14 AprilAishurin Bevan resigned from the "Shadow Cabinet" of the British Labor Party.
01 MayThe Unification Church was established in South Korea.
07 JuneEarly computer scientist Alan Turing committed suicide.
31 JulyItalian mountaineers Lino Lascelli and Achille Kompanoni succeeded in reaching Himalayan summit 2.
16 AugustThe first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine was published in the United States.
11 SeptemberMiss America Pentate was first shown on TV.
23 OctoberWest Germany attends NATO conference.
03 NovemberThe first Godzilla film premiere began in Tokyo.
24 DecemberLaos was liberated by France.
10 JanuaryBOAC Flight 781 suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing everyone on board.
14 JanuaryNash-Kelvinator and Hudson Motor Car Company merged to become American Motors in an effort to create one multi brand company capable of challenging the 'Big Three' as an equal.
15 FebruaryThe Canadian and American governments agreed to jointly buildthe Distant Early Warning Line, a line of radar stations running acrossthe high Arctic.
01 MarchFour Puerto Rican nationalists shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols during an open session of the United States House of Representatives, injuring five people.
13 MarchViet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap unleashed a massiveartillery barrage on the French military to begin the Battle of DienBien Phu, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War.
19 MarchAmerican pool (pocket billiards) player Willie Mosconi missed 526 consecutive balls during an exhibition straight pool.
30 MarchThe Yonge–University–Spadina Line, the first subway in Canada and the busiest in Toronto, opened.
22 AprilUNESCO was included by the USSR.
23 AprilBatting against Vikasi of St. Louis Cardinals, Hankron of Millvauki Braves gave the first blow from his then record 755 homeroons in Major League baseball.
06 MayOn Oxford's Efflay Road track, the English athlete Roger Banisterbeck called the first person to run a mile within four minutes.
17 MayThe US Supreme Court ruled the brown versus brown board of education in historical cases, which reflects racial isolation in public schools because 'separate educational facilities are naturally uneven. '
29 MayThe first annual Biladerberg Group of European countries and the United States leaders met in Oosterbik in the Netherlands.
09 JuneDuring the hearing of the Army-Makarthi investigating conflicting conflicts between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army Advocate Joseph An Welch asked McCarthy, 'For a long time, have you not had a feeling of decency ?
12 JunePope Pius XII died at the age of 14, Dominic Savio, who died to make him the youngest non-vegetable saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
15 JuneThe UEFA (Union of European Football Association) has been formed in Basel, Switzerland. The Union of the European Football Association has an administrative body for association football in Europe, although many members have regions that are all or partially in Africa or Asia.
15 JuneThe Union of European football associations, the administration controlling the body for European football, was established in Basel, Switzerland.
27 JuneThe Soviet Union's first nuclear power center Obinsk Nuclear Power Plant opens in Obninsk near Moscow. It was the first grid-connected nuclear power station in the world, ie the first nuclear reactor that produced commercial power on a small scale. It was located in the Institute of Physics and Energy Engineering. The plant is also known as APS -1 Obninsk (nuclear power station 1 Obninsk).
05 JulyThe BBC's first television news bulletin was broadcast. It is the UK's public service broadcaster. Theo BBC is the headquarters located at the Broadcasting House in London. It is considered the second largest broadcast in the world with the world's oldest national broadcasting organization and counting of employees.
05 JulyBBC News (Logo Picture) broadcast its first television newsbraudcast from the studio within Alexandra Palace, London.
31 JulyA party of Italian climbers led by Ardito Desio arrived at the peak of the second highest place in the world for the first time.
13 AugustThe entire version of Thepakistan's national anthem 'Koumy Tarana' was first aired on Radio Pakistan.
08 SeptemberEight countries signed an agreement to form the South-East Asian version of the South-East Asiatry Organization, NATO.
14 SeptemberIn a top secret nuclear test, only 40 kiloton soldiers and 10,000 citizens were fielded for nuclear collapse by a Soviet TU -4 bombers.
29 SeptemberTwelve countries signed a conference to establish the European Organization (CERN) for nuclear research, which manages the world's largest particle physics laboratory.
15 OctoberHurricane Hezel made a landfall on the same day in Carolinas of United States before going north from Toronto, Canada, killing a total of 176 people in the two countries.
01 NovemberFunt Day Liberation Nationley launched the Algerian war against the French rule.
03 NovemberThe first film of the giant demon known as Godzila was released.
13 NovemberGreat Britain defeated France to win the first Rugby League World Cup at Paras Des Princess in Paristo.
04 DecemberThe global hamburger fast food chain burger king, known for whisper's item, was established in Miami, Florida, America.
23 DecemberDRS. Joseph died and J. Heartwell Harrison first performed a kidney transplant.

Important Historical Events of the Year 1954 in India ⚡

Event__DateIncident/Event
10 OctoberFamous actress of Indian films Rekha was born.
05 JulyThe Andhra Pradesh High Court was established. The High Court in Hyderabad for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states is the general high court of Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The High Court is built on the southern bank of the Mussi River. It is one of the best built buildings in the city which is built in red and white stones by Nizam VII Mir Osman Ali Khan in a Sarakinic style which was the ruler of the state of Hyderabad.
18 OctoberThe first commercial transistor was introduced in Radio, Regency TR-1, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Famous People's Birthdays in 1954 😀

BirthName/Category/Country
01 JanuaryShantha Rangaswamy / Player / India
17 JulyAngela Merkel / Politician / Germany
01 JanuaryMukut Mithi / Politician / India
01 JanuaryShanta Rangaswamy / Player / India
02 NovemberAmi Ghiya-Kanwal Thakur Singh / Badminton Player / India
03 AprilK. Krishnasamy / Politician / India
08 MarchDigambar Kamat / Politician / India
09 FebruarySurinder Kumar Jakhar / Industrialist / India
10 NovemberDonkupar Roy / Politician / India
10 OctoberRekha / Actress / India
11 JanuaryKailash Satyarthi / Engineer / India
11 AugustM. V. Narasimha Rao / Cricketer / India
11 AugustYashpal Sharma / Cricketer / India
12 MayEdappadi K. Palaniswami / Politician / India
13 DecemberHarsh Vardhan / Politician / India
15 FebruaryArun Kamal / Writer / India
16 SeptemberSanjoy Bandopadhyay / Composer / India
17 FebruaryKalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao / Politician / India
17 AprilMukul Roy / Politician / India
18 JanuaryJagdish Mali / Photographer / India
23 MarchMehmood Dhaulpuri / Musician / India
24 MayBachendri Pal / Mountaineer / India

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