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October 1, 1953

On October 1, 1953, andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State. Rick Moranis, Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Sebastian Faulks would arrive in the same year.

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1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.

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On October 1, 1953

  1. 1953 Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.

    Former state of India (1953–56) in Andhra Pradesh

    Andhra State, created in 1953, was the official name of the State of Andhra Pradesh until 1956. The state was formed from Telugu-speaking districts of the erstwhile Madras State, which form two distinct cultural regions – Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra.

  2. 1953 A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C.

    1953 defense pact

    The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea is a treaty between South Korea and the United States signed on October 1, 1953, two months after the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement which brought a halt to the fighting in the Korean War. The agreement commits the two countries to provide mutual aid if either faces external armed attack and allows the United States to station military forces in South Korea in consultation with the South Korean government.

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Rick Moranis 1953– Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
Sk. Mujibur Rahman 1953– Bengali politician
Sebastian Faulks 1953– English journalist and author
James Chance 1953– American musician (died 2024)
John Brumby 1953– Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist

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