1950 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The Browns threw only 2 pass attempts in the game, but they were both called back on penalties. However, on paper, the Browns are credited with not attempting a single pass during the game. They only once made a first down. Cleveland punted often on third down in the first half, opting to give Philadelphia the ball rather than risk a turnover in the inclement weather. Gillom has a total of 12 punts that averaged 42 yards.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. Philadelphia Eagles
A fumble by the Eagles set up a 35-yard Groza field goal with less than two minutes left in the half to put Cleveland ahead 10–0. Groza kicked another field goal in the third quarter, boosting his season total to 12 and eclipsing an NFL record for field goals in a season that had stood since 1925. The Eagles scored a touchdown in the final minutes of the game after a 54-yard drive to narrow the final score to 13–7. The win kept Cleveland in a tie for first place with the Giants at 9–2 in the American Conference. No team has since failed to attempt a pass during a game as of 2013.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Washington Redskins
Despite Marion Motley being ejected for fighting with Redskin players over racial slurs, the Browns beat the Redskins for the second time in the last game of the season. However, the Giants also defeated the Eagles, leaving them tied at 10–2 atop of the American Conference. The game, played during a heavy snowstorm in Washington, began with a Redskins touchdown on their first drive that was helped by an interference penalty on the Browns. Cleveland tied the game with a touchdown early in the second quarter following a Tommy James interception of the Redskins' Sammy Baugh.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. Washington Redskins
Washington quickly regained the lead with a 51-yard passing touchdown to Hugh Taylor, but Graham's 29-yard touchdown pass to Jones, his second of the game, evened the score at halftime. The Redskins went ahead for a third time with a touchdown in the third quarter, but the Browns dominated the remainder of the game, with touchdown receptions by Bumgardner and Phelps and an interception returned for a touchdown by Lahr. Groza scored two field goals in the final quarter to bring the score to 45–21. Despite poor weather and a slippery ball, Graham had four touchdown passes and 321 yards on 23 completions. The Giants also won in the final week of the season, forcing a playoff for the top spot in the conference and a place in the championship game.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason
The Browns' tie with the Giants in the American Conference standings forced a playoff to determine which of them would advance to the championship game. The Bears and the Los Angeles Rams also tied for first place in the National Conference, forcing a second playoff game in Los Angeles. It was the first time since championship play began that two teams held the same record in both conferences at the end of the season. A coin toss gave Cleveland home-field advantage in the American Conference playoff, which was scheduled for Sunday, December 17 at Cleveland Stadium.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, Divisional playoff
Cleveland faced the Giants on a frozen field at home as a winter wind gusted through the stadium. Cleveland drove deep into New York's territory in the first quarter, but a stop by the Giants led to a Groza field goal that put the Browns up 3–0. The game was a defensive struggle through the middle periods. Neither team scored again until the fourth quarter, when Giants quarterback Charlie Conerly led a drive to the Cleveland 36-yard line.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, Divisional playoff
From there, Conerly handed the ball to back Gene "Choo Choo" Roberts, who sprinted outside the right of the line and appeared headed for a touchdown. Cleveland linebacker Bill Willis chased him down and tackled him at the 4-yard line, however. Bob McChesney then caught a pass from Conerly in the end zone for an apparent touchdown on third down, but it was called back on an offside penalty. Cleveland's Tommy James intercepted Conerly's pass on the next play, but the Browns were called for holding, negating the turnover.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, Divisional playoff
The Giants got a new set of downs, but were unable to score a touchdown. A penalty sent them back to the 13-yard line, from where Randy Clay kicked a field goal to tie the score. On the Browns' ensuing drive, Brown decided to switch strategies and focus on quarterback keeper plays, calculating that the Giants would be unprepared for runs by Graham. Cleveland advanced to New York's 22-yard line thanks to 45 yards of rushing by Graham, which set up a 28-yard field goal that gave the Browns a 6–3 lead. On the Giants' final possession as time ran out, Martin tackled Conerly in his own end zone, resulting in a safety and making the final score 8–3. The Browns and Giants had only 91 combined passing yards during the game.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
The Rams beat the Bears in the National Conference playoff, setting up a championship matchup with the Browns in Cleveland. The Rams had been based in Cleveland before departing for Los Angeles in 1946, the year the Browns started play, and had won the NFL championship in 1945, when quarterback Bob Waterfield was a rookie. Los Angeles had made it to the NFL championship game in 1949, making its appearance against the Browns its second straight. The Rams had one of the most potent offenses in NFL history in 1950.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
It featured Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback, Tom Fears and Bob Boyd at end and Elroy Hirsch at halfback. The Rams averaged 309 passing yards per game, a record that stood until 1984. The team's running unit, led by Dick Hoerner, Vitamin Smith and Dan Towler, averaged more than 140 yards a game. Los Angeles averaged 38.8 points per game in 1950, an NFL record that still stood as of 2007.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
While the Rams were unmatched offensively, the Browns' defense gave up half as many points during the regular season. Brown announced before the game that he would employ an umbrella defense against the Rams, similar to the one the Giants had used effectively against the Browns. His plan was to show Los Angeles the umbrella formation at first but switch back to the team's usual formation soon after. He abandoned the umbrella defense after the Rams scored a touchdown on their first play.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
The championship game took place on Christmas Eve in Cleveland a week after the conference playoffs. On the Rams' first play after the opening kickoff, Waterfield passed to Glenn Davis for an 82-yard touchdown, giving Los Angeles an early 7–0 lead. Martin was covering Davis, but slipped on the slick turf, leaving the receiver open. Graham and the Browns' offense responded with a drive later in the first quarter that evened the score, but the Rams went ahead again by a touchdown on a three-yard Hoerner rush.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland scored a second touchdown in the second quarter, this time a 37-yard pass from Graham to Lavelli. Groza's extra point attempt failed, however, because of a high snap, putting the Browns behind by one point. Waterfield missed a 15-yard field goal attempt at the end of the first half, leaving the score at 14–13 at halftime.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland took the lead again in the third quarter on a 39-yard touchdown pass to Lavelli, his second of the day. The Rams responded with a touchdown run by Hoerner and another touchdown quickly thereafter when Motley fumbled and Los Angeles's Larry Brink took it into the end zone. Down 28–20 as the fourth quarter began, Cleveland was helped by interceptions by Thompson and Lahr that put its offense in good field position.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
On a drive with 10 minutes left to play, Cleveland went for it on fourth down three times and made the necessary yards each time, advancing to the Los Angeles 14-yard line. From there, Graham threw a touchdown pass to Bumgardner, who dove to catch it in the corner of the end zone. After several more defensive stands, the Browns had the ball back and drove toward the Rams' end zone as the game drew to a close. Graham fumbled, however, and the Rams recovered with three minutes left.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland's defense held, and Los Angeles punted, giving the Browns the ball back at their own 31-yard line with 1:49 left in the game. Graham scrambled up the middle for 16 yards on the first play, and then turned to his receivers. A pass to Bumgardner and two to Jones on the sidelines, followed by another to Bumgardner, put the ball at the Los Angeles 11-yard line. Graham ran a quarterback sneak on the next play to place the ball at the middle of the field in preparation for a field goal.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
After a time out, Groza came in and kicked the field goal with 0:28 left on the clock to put Cleveland ahead 30–28. The Rams fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Browns recovered, appearing to seal the victory. The officials ruled that Groza had kicked prematurely, however, and Los Angeles returned his rekick to their 46-yard line. An interception by Lahr on a sideline pass stopped the drive and gave Cleveland the win.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Season leaders
Motley led the NFL in rushing yards, with 810. He also had the highest yards-per-carry average among running backs, with 5.8. Gillom's punting average of 43.2 yards was second in the league, just 0.1 yards behind the leader. Groza, meanwhile, set an NFL record for number of field goals made in a season, with 13, and had a .684 average. Motley was chosen by the Associated Press, United Press International and the New York Daily News as a first-team All-


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Season leaders
Pro. Speedie and Willis also made it on sportswriters' first-team All-Pro lists, while Graham, tackle Lou Rymkus, guard Lin Houston, fullback Tony Adamle and defensive back Tommy James were selected as second-teamers. Motley, Speedie, Willis, Graham, Adamle, Groza and guard Weldon Humble were also selected for the first-ever Pro Bowl, the NFL's all-star game.


1950 Cleveland Browns season, Season leaders
The 1950 season began a six-year run in which the Browns reached the NFL championship game, winning two more times in 1954 and 1955. Many of the team's players later remembered 1950 as the pinnacle of their careers, having proven that the team could match up against the best the NFL had to offer. While it was not one of Graham's best seasons statistically, he led the Browns to victory at the end of games against the Giants and Rams to seal victories, and had a 119.0 passer rating. He later called the season "the highlight of my career". Brown believed his undefeated 1948 team was the best he ever coached, but once said the 1950 season was "the most satisfying football experience of my life".


1950 Cleveland Indians season
The 1950 Cleveland Indians season was the 50th season in franchise history. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 92–62, six games behind the New York Yankees.


1950 Cleveland Indians season, Regular season
In 1950, the Cleveland Indians became the first Major League Baseball franchise to use a bullpen car. Rookie Al Rosen led the American League in home runs with 37.


1950 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 Cleveland Indians season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 Colchester Borough Council election
Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 11 May 1950. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.


1950 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1950 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Paul Bixler, the team compiled a 5–3 record and was outscored by a total of 193 to 184. Alan Egler was the team captain. The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.


1950 College Baseball All-America Team
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.


1950 College Baseball All-America Team
From 1947-1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.


1950 College Football All-America Team
The 1950 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1950. The eight selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1950 season are (1) the All-America Board (AAB), (2) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (3) the Associated Press (AP), (4) the Football Writers Association of America (FW), (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (7) the Sporting News (SN), and (8) the United Press (UP).


1950 College Football All-America Team
Ohio State halfback Vic Janowicz, Army end Dan Foldberg, and Texas guard Bud McFadin were the only three players to be unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all eight official selectors. Janowicz was awarded the 1950 Heisman Trophy.


1950 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1950, the NCAA recognizes eight published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.


1950 College World Series
The 1950 College World Series was the fourth NCAA-sanctioned baseball tournament that determined a national champion. The tournament was held as the conclusion of the 1950 NCAA baseball season and was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska from June 15 to June 23. It was the first College World Series to be held at the stadium, which hosted the event through 2010. The tournament's champion was the Texas Longhorns, coached by Bibb Falk. The Most Outstanding Player was Ray VanCleef of Rutgers. The championship was the second consecutive for the Longhorns.


1950 College World Series
The tournament consisted of no preliminary round of play, as teams were selected directly into the College World Series. From 1947 to 1949, there likewise was no preliminary round, as the teams were chosen based on committee selections, conference champions, and district playoffs. From 1954 to the present, teams compete in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament preliminary round(s), to determine the eight teams that play in the College World Series.


1950 Colorado A&M Aggies baseball team
The 1950 Colorado A&M Aggies baseball team is a baseball team that represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the 1950 NCAA baseball season. They were members of the Skyline Conference and were led by third-year head coach Mark Duncan.


1950 Colorado A&M Aggies baseball team
Don "Lefty" Straub set a single season school record with 102 strikeouts thrown.


1950 Colorado A&M Aggies football team
The 1950 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Skyline Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bob Davis, the Aggies compiled a 6–3 record (4–1 against Skyline opponents), finished second in the Skyline Conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 215 to 141.


1950 Colorado A&M Aggies football team
Four Colorado Agricultural players received all-conference honors in 1950: guard Dale Dodrill, tackle Frank McKiben, halfback Jack Christiansen, and tackle Cliff Hoelzer. Christiansen later played eight seasons as a safety and return specialist with the Detroit Lions and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dodrill played nine seasons as a defensive tackle with the Pittsburgh Steelers.


1950 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1950 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1950 college football season. Head coach Dallas Ward led the team to a 2–4 mark in the "Big 7" and 5–4–1 overall.


1950 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 1950 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Republican nominee Daniel I. J. Thornton defeated Democratic incumbent Walter Walford Johnson with 52.43% of the vote.


1950 Columbia Lions football team
The 1950 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1950 college football season.


1950 Columbia Lions football team
In their 21st season under head coach Lou Little, the Lions compiled a 4–5 record, and were outscored 169 to 151. Albert Nork was the team captain.


1950 Columbia Lions football team
Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.


1950 Concord state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Concord on 11 February 1950 because of the death of Brice Mutton (Liberal).


1950 Concord state by-election
The by-elections for Armidale and Wollongong-Kembla were held on the same day.


1950 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1950 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1950 college football season. The Huskies were led by first year head coach Arthur Valpey, and completed the season with a record of 3–5.


1950 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1950 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Republican nominee John Davis Lodge defeated Democratic incumbent Chester Bowles with 49.66% of the vote.


1950 Connecticut gubernatorial election
This was the first gubernatorial election since the law was changed to have Connecticut's governors elected every four years, instead of every two years, as had been done previously. As a result, Lodge was the first Connecticut Governor to serve a four-year term.


1950 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 1950 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the first season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands. Titikaveka won the championship.


1950 Copa del Generalísimo Final
The Copa del Generalísimo 1950 Final was the 48th final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Estadio Chamartín in Madrid, on 28 May 1950, being won by Atlético de Bilbao, who beat Real Valladolid 4-1 after extra time.


1950 Coppa Acerbo
The 1950 Coppa Acerbo (also known as the 1950 Pescara Grand Prix) was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 15 August 1950 at the Pescara Circuit, in Italy.


1950 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1950 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 41st staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909.


1950 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Carrigtwohill won the championship following a 6-04 to 1-01 defeat of Shanballymore in the final. This was their third championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1950 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1950 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 62nd staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1950 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 8 October 1950, Garda won the championship following a 3-07 to 2-05 defeat of St. Nicholas' in the final at the Cork Athletic Grounds. This remains their only championship title.


1950 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1950 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 29 January 1950. The championship began on 23 April 1950 and ended on 17 September 1950.


1950 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 17 September 1950, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 2-8 to 0-5 defeat of St. Finbarr's in the final. This was their 13th championship title overall and their third title in succession.


1950 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1950 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored its opponents 170 to 85. John Pierik and Charles Taylor were the team captains.


1950 Cornell Big Red football team
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.


1950 Costa Rican census
The Costa Rica 1950 Census was elaborated by then Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, predecessor of current National Institute of Statistics and Census. The total population was at the moment 800,875.


1950 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1950 Cotton Bowl Classic featured the Rice Owls and the North Carolina Tar Heels.


1950 Cotton Bowl Classic, Background
The Owls won the Southwest Conference for the fourth time in 15 years. This was their second appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic and their first since 1938. The Tar Heels were playing in their first ever Cotton Bowl Classic and their third bowl game in Coach Snavely's fifth season with the team. They were champions of the Southern Conference for the 2nd time in three years. They were looking for their first ever bowl win.


1950 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
The Owls would score 27 straight points before the Tar Heels got on the board, and the Heels never recovered, despite scoring two touchdowns late. The Owls scored early in the second quarter on a Billy Burkhalter touchdown catch from Tobin Rote and Bobby Lantrip scored before the half ended to make it 14–0. James "Froggy" Williams scored in the third quarter on a catch from Rote to make it 21–0, and Burkhalter ended Rice's scoring with his touchdown run to make it 27–0. Not deterred, Paul Rizzo caught a touchdown pass from Charlie Justice to make it 27–7. But the Heels only scored again on a Rizzo run with only 47 seconds left, as the Owls won their second ever Cotton Bowl Classic.


1950 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
Snavely would not appear in another bowl game, and he left in 1953. Ten years later, the Tar Heels returned to a bowl game, which they won. The Owls would play in two more Cotton Bowl Classics after winning two more SWC titles before the decade ended, splitting the two.


1950 County Championship
The 1950 County Championship was the 51st officially organised running of the County Championship.


1950 County Championship, Table
Hampshire and Gloucestershire records include eight points each for win on first innings in match reduced by weather to one day. Hampshire v Kent at Southampton ended as a tie: Hampshire, gaining first innings lead, awarded eight points, Kent four. Worcestershire record includes two points for tie on first innings in match lost. In a damp summer, Glamorgan's record of nine matches where no decision could be made even on first innings is a record.


1950 Coupe de France Final
The 1950 Coupe de France Final was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on 14 May 1950, that saw Stade de Reims defeat RC Paris 2–0 thanks to goals by Francis Méano and André Petitfils.


1950 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The 1950 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 4th edition of the cycle race and was held from 25 June to 2 July 1950. The race started and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Nello Lauredi of the Helyett team.


1950 Cuban parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1950. The Partido Auténtico-Democratic Party-Liberal Party alliance won 42 of the 66 seats. It was the last free election held in Cuba on a national level.


1950 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1950 Ukrainian Cup was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.


1950 Cupa României
The 1950 Cupa României was the 13th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1950 Cupa României
The title was won by CCA București against Flamura Roşie Arad.


1950 Cupa României, Format
In the first round proper, two pots are made, the first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. First-pot teams will play away. Each tie is played as a single leg.


1950 Cupa României, Format
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the score is still tied after 120 minutes, the team who plays away will qualify.


1950 Cupa României, Format
In case the teams are from same city, a replay will be played.


1950 Cupa României, Format
In case the teams play in the final, a replay will be played.


1950 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1950 Cupa României Final
The 1950 Cupa României Final was the 13th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between CCA București and Flamura Roşie Arad, and was won by CCA București after a game with 4 goals. It was the second cup title in the history of CCA București.


1950 Currie Cup
The 1950 Currie Cup was the 23nd edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1950 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Transvaal for the third time; they beat  Western Province 22–11 in the final in Johannesburg.


1950 Cypriot enosis referendum
An unofficial referendum on enosis (reunification) with Greece was held in Cyprus between 15 and 22 January 1950. Only Greek Cypriots voted, and the proposal was approved by 95.71% of those taking part.


1950 Cypriot enosis referendum, Background
On 12 December 1949, Archbishop Makarios II had called on the British authorities to hold a referendum on the future of the island. After they refused, the Church Council and the Enosis organisation organised a referendum. Signature books were provided in churches between 15 and 22 January 1950. The books had two columns, entitled "We demand union with Greece" and "We are against the union of Cyprus with Greece".


1950 Cypriot enosis referendum, Aftermath
After the referendum, the Church of Cyprus publicly admonished those who had voted against enosis. In the latter years of British rule in Cyprus, the Church sought to silence dissenting opinion among Greek Cypriots, sometimes by violent means. In February 2017, the Cypriot parliament voted in favour of commemorating the referendum in schools every year. The decision was received negatively by Turkish Cypriot politicians, causing talks between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı to be halted.


1950 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and NV Bratislava won the championship. Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 22 goals.


1950 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1950 East German Championship season was the second season of ice hockey in East Germany. It was contested in 1950 as part of the first Winter Sports Championship. Six teams participated in the tournament, and SG Frankenhausen won the championship.


1950 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season, 4th-6th place
1Game between SG Schierke and BSG KWU Erfurt was not contested.


1950 DEI Championship
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1950 DEI Championship
The 1950 DEI Championship season was the 32nd season and also the last edition of the Dutch East Indies Championship football competition since its establishment in 1914. Soerabaja are the defending champions, having won their 11th league title.


1950 DEI Championship
This is the second edition the league organised by V.U.V.S.I./I.S.N.I.S., It was contested by 7 teams, and Soerabaja won the championship.


1950 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 5 September 1950, except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 14 October. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 59 of the 151 seats. Voter turnout was 81.9% in Denmark proper but just 22% in the Faroes.


1950 Danish Folketing election, Electoral system changes
Following a new electoral law in 1948, the number of levelling seats was increased from 31 to 44 while the number of district seats was decreased from 117 to 105. In total 1 new seat was added.


1950 Danish local elections
The Danish regional elections of 1950 were held on 14 March 1950. 11499 municipal council members were elected, as well as 299 members of the counties (Danish, amter, singular, amt) of Denmark.


1950 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1950 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the Indians compiled a 3–5–1 record, and were outscored 157 to 123 by their opponents. Paul Staley was the team captain.


1950 Dartmouth Indians football team
Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.


1950 Davis Cup
The 1950 Davis Cup was the 39th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 22 teams entered the Europe Zone, and 4 teams entered the America Zone. Play took place on Asian soil for the first time, when the Philippines hosted Pakistan in Manila for their first-round Europe Zone tie.


1950 Davis Cup
Australia defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, and Sweden defeated Denmark in the Europe Zone final. Australia defeated Sweden in the Inter-Zonal play-off, and then defeated defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, United States on 25–27 August.


1950 Davis Cup America Zone
The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1950 Davis Cup.


1950 Davis Cup America Zone
4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. Australia defeated Mexico in the final, and went on to face Sweden in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1950 Davis Cup Europe Zone
The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1950 Davis Cup.


1950 Davis Cup Europe Zone
22 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone. Sweden defeated Denmark in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.


1950 Dayton Flyers football team
The 1950 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Joe Gavin, the Flyers compiled a 4–6 record.


1950 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1950 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware as an independent during the 1950 college football season. The team compiled a 2–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 147 to 55.


1950 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The team was led by William D. Murray in his eighth season as the program's head football coach. He also served as the school's athletic director. In January 1951, Murray was hired as the head football coach at Duke.


1950 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1950 Delaware State Hornets football team represented Delaware State College—now known as Delaware State University—as a member of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in the 1950 college football season. Led by coach Robert White in his first year, the Hornets compiled a 2–7–1 record, including being shut out five times.


1950 Denver Pioneers football team
The 1950 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1950 college football season. In its third season under head coach Johnny Baker, the team compiled a 3–8–1 record (2–2–1 against MSC opponents), finished third in the conference, lost to Hawaii in the Pineapple Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 265 to 260.


1950 Detroit Lions season
The 1950 Detroit Lions season was their 21st in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 4–8, winning six games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the 15th consecutive season.


1950 Detroit Lions season, Regular season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1950 Detroit Tigers season
The 1950 Detroit Tigers were a professional baseball team that represented Detroit in the American League (AL) during the 1950 baseball season. The team compiled a record of 95–59 (.617), the second best record in the major leagues, behind the New York Yankees. The Tigers spent most of the season in first place but lost the pennant to the Yankees in the final two weeks of the season. Red Rolfe was the team's manager for the second season and received the Sporting News Manager of the Year Award. The Tigers' home attendance of 1,951,474 was a team record at the time and the second highest in the major leagues during the 1950 season.


1950 Detroit Tigers season
The pitching staff was led by Art Houtteman who compiled a 19–12 record and a 3.54 earned run average (ERA) and pitched 21 complete games. Dizzy Trout led the team with a .722 winning percentage (second best in the AL) with a 13–5 record and 3.75 ERA. Fred Hutchinson compiled  a 17–8 record. The team's overall ERA of 4.12 was second best in the AL.


1950 Detroit Tigers season
The batters were led by third baseman George Kell who led the AL with 218 hits and 56 doubles, ranked second with a .340 batting average, and finished fourth in the American League Most Valuable Player (AL MVP) voting. Right fielder Vic Wertz led the team with 27 home runs and 123 RBIs and finished 10th in the AL MVP voting.


1950 Detroit Tigers season
Center fielder Hoot Evers had a .323 batting average and 109 RBIs, led the AL with 11 triples, ranked third in slugging percentage (.551), led AL outfielders in fielding percentage (.997) (one error in over 325 chances), and finished 11th in the AL MVP voting. Second baseman Jerry Priddy led AL second basemen with 542 assists and 150 double plays and finished 17th in the AL MVP voting. Shortstop Johnny Lipon compiled a .378 on-base percentage and led AL shortstops with 483 assists and 126 double plays.


1950 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1950 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 Detroit Tigers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1950 Detroit Tigers season, Awards and honors, Players ranking among top 100 of all time at position
The following members of the 1950 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their positions, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:


1950 Detroit Titans football team
The 1950 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1950 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 226 to 143 and finished with a 6–3–1 record in its sixth year under head coach Chuck Baer. It was the 56th season of intercollegiate football for the University of Detroit.


1950 Detroit Titans football team
The Titans had won the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) championship in 1949 and were co-favorites with Tulsa to win the conference championship in 1950. The Titans ultimately finished in second place behind Tulsa.


1950 Detroit Titans football team
Two Titans were selected as first-team players on the 1950 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: guards Alex Smail and Ed Wood.


1950 Detroit Titans football team
Dutch Clark, later inducted into both the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame, joined the Titans' staff as backfield coach in 1950. Bob Ivory and Eddie Barbour were also assistant coaches for the 1950 team. Bob O'Malley and Mike Kaysserian were hired to coach the freshman team.


1950 Detroit Titans football team
End Tom Costello and Nick Galante were co-captains of the 1950 team. After the season, fullback Mike Goggins and tackle Joe Kutz were named captains of the 1951 team.


1950 Detroit Titans football team
In late December 1950, Chuck Baer resigned as the Titans' head football coach, citing "personal reasons". The resignation was considered a surprise, but followed rumors of a shakeup after the university president, the Very Rev. Celestin J. Steiner, appointed a committee to investigate and make recommendations about the university's entire athletic program.


1950 Dissolution Honours
The 1950 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 27 February to mark the dissolution of the United Kingdom parliament prior to the 1950 general election. The list contained only two names.


1950 Dissolution Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1950 Divizia A
The 1950 Divizia A was the thirty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1950 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Alexandru Marky (20 / 0); Ioan Catranici (8 / 0). Defenders: Moise Vass (22 / 0); Zoltan Farmati (20 / 0); Adalbert Țipei (2 / 0). Midfielders: Ioan Reinhardt (22 / 4); Adalbert Pall (22 / 0); Ladislau Băcuț (22 / 0). Forwards: Silviu Boitoș (20 / 5); Andrei Mercea (22 / 12); Mihai Carpineț (20 / 6); Virgil Huzum (19 / 8); Iosif Kapas (11 / 2); József Pecsovszky (16 / 5); Adalbert Kovács (3 / 0); Nicolae Dumitrescu (15 / 0); Ladislau Ristin (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1950 Divizia B
The 1950 Divizia B was the 11th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1950 Divizia B
The format with two series has been maintained, but each of them having 12 teams instead of 14. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last two places from each one of the series relegated to District Championship. Also this was the first season played in the spring-autumn system, a system imposed by the new leadership of the country which were in close ties with the Soviet Union.


1950 Divizia B, Team changes, Renamed teams
Most of the teams have changed their names to have Soviet, communist, military or working class related inspiration. Among the popular names used were: Partizanul (The Partisan), Flamura Roșie (The Red Flag) or Metalul (The Metal), but also some inspired directly from the Moscow teams: Dinamo, Locomotiv or Spartac being the Romanian alternatives for Dynamo, Lokomotiv and Spartak.


1950 Divizia B, Team changes, Renamed teams
Dinamo B București was moved to Orașul Stalin and renamed as Dinamo Orașul Stalin.


1950 Divizia B, Team changes, Renamed teams
Textila Sfântu Gheorghe was renamed as Flamura Roșie Sfântu Gheorghe.


1950 Divizia B, Team changes, Other teams
Socec București and Banca de Stat București merged, Socec being absorbed by Banca de Stat, which also took its place in the second league and was renamed as Spartac București.


1950 Dominican Republic Census
The Third National Census of Population of the Dominican Republic was raised on 6 August 1950, during the presidency of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, after the Decree No.6091 of 20 October 1949.


1950 Dominican Republic Census
This census collected information on sex, occupation, age, fertility, race, religion, marital status, nationality, literacy, ability to vote, and housing.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance
On 26 January 1950, the Douglas C-54 Skymaster serial number 42-72469 disappeared en route from Alaska to Montana, with 44 people aboard. The aircraft made its last radio contact two hours into its eight-hour flight. Despite one of the largest rescue efforts carried out by a joint effort between Canadian and US military forces, no trace of the aircraft has ever been found. It is considered one of the largest groups of American military personnel to ever go missing.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Flight
The aircraft was part of the First Strategic Support Squadron, Strategic Air Command, out of Biggs AFB, Texas. In addition to its eight-man crew, it was carrying 36 passengers, including two civilians: a woman and her infant son. An earlier attempt to depart had been made, but due to trouble with one of its four engines, it was delayed several hours. The flight was from Anchorage, Alaska to Great Falls, Montana. Two hours after its eventual departure, the pilot reported the flight was on-course and had just passed over Snag, Yukon, but there were no further messages.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Search
An hour after the plane failed to arrive in Montana, "Operation Mike", named for aircraft commander First Lt. Kyle L. McMichael, was launched, a search and rescue program combining as many as 85 American and Canadian planes, in addition to 7,000 personnel, searching 350,000 square miles of the Pacific Northwest. The search was aided by the fact soldiers and equipment had already been ferried north for the upcoming Exercise Sweetbriar, a joint Canada–U.S. war games scenario. Continuance of the operation confounded searchers, giving many false positive reports of smoke signals, garbled communications and sightings of "survivors".


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Search
On 30 January, a C-47, Air Force serial number 45-1015 from the 57th Fighter Wing, that had been participating in the search, stalled and crashed in the McClintoc mountains near Whitehorse. Its crew members were injured, but there were no fatalities. The pilot walked 13 km to the Alaska Highway and flagged down a truck to call in support for his 5–8 crewmates.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Search
On 2 February it was reported that two planes and two radio stations in the Yukon area had heard unintelligible radio signals but attempts to "fix" the position were fruitless. Likewise, an isolated settler had reported seeing a large plane over his cabin at Beaver Lake in the interior of British Columbia located 500 miles south of the Yukon boundary-250 miles northeast of Vancouver and 200 miles west of the Alaska Highway air route.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Search
On 7 February, a C-47D, 45-1037, from Eielson Air Force Base employed on the search by the 5010th Wing, crashed on a mountain slope south of Aishihik Lake. There were ten crew members on board, but there were no fatalities. On 16 February, a Royal Canadian Air Force C-47, KJ-936, crashed near Snag. Again, its four crew members sustained only light injuries. Later its wreckage would be temporarily mistaken for the missing C-54.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Search
The operation was indefinitely suspended on 14 February, as the search planes were needed to investigate the crash of a B-36 that had been carrying a Mark 4 nuclear bomb, though this bomb did not have a radioactive core.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Aftermath
On 20 February 1950, the search was officially cancelled and notifications were sent to next of kin informing them that the passengers were presumed dead.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Aftermath
In 2012, the descendants of the missing servicemen started a petition to the Federal government, through the We the People petition system, seeking to resurrect the search for their families' remains.


1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance, Aftermath
In 2020, Andrew Gregg was named as the director of an upcoming documentary about the search for the aircraft, Skymaster Down.


1950 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 1950 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its second season under head coach Warren Gaer, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record (1–2–1 against MVC opponents), tied for fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 117. The team played its home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.


1950 Drake Bulldogs football team
Drake halfback Johnny Bright led the nation in total offense in both 1949 and 1950. See List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders. He was the second Africa-American athlete to lead the country in this category after Kenny Washington did so in 1939. Bright later played 11 seasons in the Canadian Football League and was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.


1950 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1950 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1950 college football season. Eddie Allen was the team's head coach.


1950 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1950 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1950 college football season.


1950 Dunedin mayoral election
The 1950 Dunedin mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1950, elections were held for the Mayor of Dunedin plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1950 Dunedin mayoral election
Donald Cameron, the incumbent Mayor, declined to run for a third term. He was succeeded by councillor Len Wright who narrowly defeated the Labour Party candidate Hubert Brown. There was also a swing against the Citizens' association on the city council with both the Labour Party and Citizens' tickets winning six seats each.


1950 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 1950 Duquesne Dukes football team was an American football team that represented Duquesne University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Doc Skender, Duquesne compiled a 2–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 265 to 169.


1950 Duquesne Dukes football team
In January 1951, Duquesne president, the Rev. Vernon F. Gallagher, announced that the school had decided to suspend its participation in intercollegiate football. As reasons for the suspension, the school cited the manpower shortage resulting from the Korean War and noted that the school had suffered "heavy financial losses" from football over the last four years. The school did not resume competition in the sport until 1969.


1950 Dutch Grand Prix
The 1950 Dutch Grand Prix was a motor race held on 23 July 1950 at Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands. It was the first Dutch Grand Prix set to Formula One rules. The race was won by French driver Louis Rosier in a Talbot-Lago.


1950 Dutch TT
The 1950 Dutch TT was the third race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 8 July 1950 at the TT Circuit Assen.


1950 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1950 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1950 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bill Dole, the team compiled a 7–3 record.


1950 East German general election
General elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the first held since the founding of the country on 7 October 1949. There were 466 deputies in the Volkskammer, including 66 from East Berlin who were not directly elected.


1950 East German general election
This election set the tone for all elections held in East Germany until the Peaceful Revolution. Voters were presented with a single list from the National Front of Democratic Germany, which in turn was controlled by the Socialist Unity Party. Only one candidate appeared on the ballot; voters simply took the ballot paper and dropped it into the ballot box. Those who wanted to vote against the candidate had to go to a special booth, without any secrecy. Seats were apportioned based on a set quota, not actual vote totals. By ensuring that its candidates dominated the list, the SED effectively predetermined the composition of the Volkskammer.


1950 East German general election
According to official figures, the National Front list received the approval of 99.6% of voters, with turnout reported to be 98.5%.


1950 East German state elections
State elections were held in East Germany on 15 October 1950. They were the last state elections in the country, as the states were dissolved in 1952.


1950 East German state elections
Voters were presented with a single list from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany-dominated National Front, which they could only approve or reject. The seat allocation in each of the state parliaments was agreed in advance between the constituent parties and mass organizations of the Front. Voting was not secret, and citizens that voted against the list or abstained were persecuted. Genuine or presumed opponents of the SED that participated in other member parties of the National Front were arrested or forced to flee to West Germany.


1950 East Pakistan riots
The 1950 East Pakistan riots (Bengali: পঞ্চাশের পূর্ব পাকিস্তান দাঙ্গা) took place between Hindus and Muslims in East Pakistan, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of Hindus being killed in pogroms.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Background
In August 1947, British India was partitioned into the Dominions of India and Pakistan on the basis of religion. Pakistan was to become the homeland for the Muslims of former British India with a majority Muslim population. The province of Bengal with a marginal Muslim majority was also partitioned with the Muslim majority East Bengal going to Pakistan and Hindu majority West Bengal going to India. The Sylhet district of Assam was added to East Bengal after the Sylhet Referendum, where the majority voted for Pakistan. According to the 1941 census, East Bengal had 28% non-Muslim population, the majority of them being Bengali Hindus. West Bengal has a 30.2% Muslim population, the rest were Hindus.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Background
The area comprising East Bengal, especially the Dhaka and Chittagong Divisions, had been witness to numerous instances of ethnic violence in the decades preceding the Partition. In the 1940s, the frequency and intensity of the riots increased as the movement for Pakistan gained momentum. In the last quarter of 1946, the Bengali Hindus of Noakhali and Tippera districts were subjected to a series of massacres, loot, arson, rape, abduction. They forced conversion to Islam, which came to be known as the Noakhali riots.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Background
Within a month after the Partition, the Janmashtami procession was attacked in Dhaka. In 1948, the Dhamrai rathyatra and the Janmashtami procession was not allowed to be held. In 1949, there were posters all over Dhaka against the Durga Puja. The number of community pujas got drastically reduced. On the day of Vijayadashami hundreds of Hindu households were set on fire rendering around 750 Hindu families homeless. Santosh Chatterjee, a Press Trust of India (PTI) correspondent, was imprisoned on 25 November 1949 without any charges and released after a month.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Atrocities (Aug 1949 - Jan 1950)
In August 1949, atrocities on non-Muslims began all over East Pakistan and continued for three months. In August, Muslim mobs along with the police and the Ansars attacked some Hindu villages in Beanibazar and Barlekha police station areas of Sylhet District. Houses were looted, destroyed and set on fire. Hindu villagers were assaulted and murdered. Hindu women were raped by the policemen. Soon after the Hindus were attacked in the village of Bhandaria in Barisal District. In Rajshahi District, Father Thomas Cattaneo reported that the Santhal villages were attacked, Santhal villagers were arrested and Santhal women were raped. On 10 December, a Muslim mob attacked the Puthia Rajbari Palace in Rajshahi Division and forcibly took possession of the house and its treasures.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Atrocities (Aug 1949 - Jan 1950), Kalshira massacre
On 20 December 1949, four police constables raided the house of one Joydev Brahma in the village of Kalshira under Mollahat police station in Bagerhat sub-division in the district of Khulna, in search of some suspected communists, late in the night. Failed to find any suspects the constables tried to rape the wife of Brahma. Her cry alerted him and his companions, who in a desperate bid to save her attacked two constables, one of whom died on the spot. The remaining two raised an alarm and the neighbouring people came to their rescue.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Atrocities (Aug 1949 - Jan 1950), Kalshira massacre
On the next day, the District Superintendent of Police arrived in Kalshira accompanied by armed police contingent and the Ansars and attacked Kalshira and other neighbouring Hindu villages mercilessly. They encouraged Muslims from neighbouring villages to loot the Hindu properties. A number of Hindus were killed, men and women were forcibly converted. Images were broken and shrines were desecrated. All the 350 homesteads in the village, except three, were demolished. The cattle and boats were forcibly taken away. Within a month of the massacre 30,000 Hindus fled from Khulna to India.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Atrocities (Aug 1949 - Jan 1950), Nachole massacre
Nachole was a police station in the Nawabganj sub-division of the Rajshahi district. During the Partition of India, the entire Nawabganj sub-division was transferred from Malda district, which went to India, to Rajshahi district that fell in Pakistan. The area under Nachole police station was the non-Muslim majority. It was inhabited by Santals and Bengali Hindu castes like the Kshatriyas, Bhuindas and Kaibartas. After the Partition, the Tebhaga Movement was brutally suppressed in the newly formed state of Pakistan. However, in Nachole, the movement was still alive through the covert activities of the leading operating from underground. From the autumn of 1949, the leaders began to succeed in implementing the Tebhaga principles through persuasion, coercion and in some cases, force.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Atrocities (Aug 1949 - Jan 1950), Nachole massacre
On 5 January 1950, five policemen from the Nachole police station were killed by the Santals in Chandipur village after they opened fire to disperse the villagers who had gathered to protest the arrest of one of the villagers. The Government of Pakistan responded to this incident by sending a 2,000 strong army contingent and the police and the East Pakistan Ansars on 7 January. They set fire to twelve villages, ransacked the huts and killed many villagers on their way to Chandipur. In Chandipur, they tortured the men, raped the women and set fire to the dwellings.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Atrocities (Aug 1949 - Jan 1950), Nachole massacre
Hundreds of Santals and Hindus were killed. At Rohanpur, Ila Mitra, one of the movement leaders, was arrested with hundreds of peasants. After being taken to the Nachole police station, they were tortured by the police to extract the name of the leaders. Around 70 to 100 peasants died of police excesses. Ila Mitra was tortured and raped for four days before being transferred to Nawabganj police station.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Prelude
In the Feni sub-division of Noakhali, the Hindus were attacked on 2 February, even before the attacks had actually broken out in Dhaka. One Hindu was killed and seven injured. Nine Hindu shops were looted.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Dhaka District
In February 1950, Sukumar Sen, the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, had travelled to Dhaka to hold the Chief Secretary level dialogue with his East Bengal counterpart Aziz Ahmed. On 10 February, at around 10 A.M., when the talks were in progress, a Muslim woman in blood-stained clothes was paraded in the Secretariat building. It was alleged that she had been raped in Kolkata. The Secretariat employees immediately struck work and started a procession shouting anti-Hindu slogans. As they progressed towards Nawabpur, many others joined the procession, which ended at Victoria Park.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Dhaka District
At 12 noon, a rally was held at the park where the speakers, some of the employees of the Secretariat, made fierce anti-Hindu speeches. At around 1 P.M., as soon as the rally broke, the crowd began to loot Hindu shops and houses and set them on fire. The Hindus were killed wherever they were found. By the evening, 90% of Hindu shops in Dhaka were looted, and many burnt. The Hindu jewellery shops were looted in the presence of police officers. An estimated 50,000 Hindus were displaced in seven hours of murder, loot, and arson.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Dhaka District
According to the PTI reports, the worst affected areas were Banagram and Makims Lane. Most of the houses in the two predominantly Hindu localities were completely looted, many completely burnt down and places of worship desecrated. Tajuddin Ahmed, who travelled in the different parts of Dhaka between 1 pm to 6 pm acknowledged the destruction and loss inflicted upon the Hindus by the Muslims in the localities of Nawabpur, Sadarghat, Patuatuli, Islampur, Digbazar, English Road, Bangshal and Chowk Bazaar. On the afternoon of 12 February, 60 India-bound Hindu passengers were attacked at the Kurmitola airport.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Dhaka District
All the non-Muslim passengers arriving at the Tejgaon airport were stabbed. Three days after the massacre started in Dhaka, the villages of Vikrampur and Lohajang were attacked. On 15 February, the Simulia market was set on fire, and the Hindu shops were looted. Between 15 February and 1 March, there were 15 instances of stabbing on Hindus reported from Dighali and Lohajang. On 28 February, the Dighali market was burnt down; the Hindu shops were gutted. In Parulla village under Kaliganj police station, all the Hindu houses were looted.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Dhaka District
All the Hindu houses in the villages of Khsawala, Gazaria, Karar Char, Char Sindur, Palas and Sadhar Char were looted. According to Indian government sources, the bodies of 200 Hindu victims were cremated in the first two days of violence. They also claimed that 50,000 out of Dhaka's 80,000 Hindus had to flee their homes during the attacks. On 24 February 1950, the U.S. ambassador to India wrote to the U.S. Secretary of State that between 600 and 1,000 Hindus were killed and thousands injured in Dhaka area.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Barisal District
In Barisal, riots started on 13 February. Hindus were killed, raped and abducted indiscriminately. According to the press note of the Government of East Bengal, two unidentified youths began to spread provocative rumours on the afternoon of 13 February in the town of Barisal. As a result, many of the shops in the market closed down. Another rumour was spread that Fazlul Haque had been murdered in Kolkata. At nightfall, eight places were set on fire. 30 houses and shops were reduced to ashes, and ten persons were severely burnt. The situation further deteriorated after 16 February when indiscriminate loot and arson of Hindu properties started in Gournadi, Jhalakati and Nalchiti under Sadar sub-division of Barisal district. The Hindu passengers on the water route between Barisal and Dhaka were killed within the steamer and thrown in the river.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Barisal District
In the river port of Muladi in Barisal district, several hundred Hindus took shelter in the police station after their homes were torched. They were later attacked within the police station compound, and most of them were killed within the precincts of the police station. A Hindu school teacher was roasted alive by his Muslim students, who danced around the fire. In the village of Madhabpasha, under Babugunge police station presently Babuganj Upazila, two to three hundred Hindus were rounded up by a Muslim mob. They were made to squat in a row, and their heads were chopped off one by one with a ramda. In the Madhabpasha zamindar house, 200 Hindus were killed and 40 injured.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Barisal District
Ilsaghat is a steamer station on the Meghna, on the island of Bhola, 7 miles from Bhola town. It falls on the steamer route between Barisal and Chittagong. On 16 February 1950, the S.S.Sitakunda of the Royal Steam Navigation Company anchored at Ilsaghat on her way to Chittagong. At Ilsaghat, several Hindu passengers from S.S. We've Gone boarded S.S.Sitakunda due to atrocities perpetrated on them by the crew. Around 8 P.M. that night, hundreds of Muslims attacked S.S.Sitakunda while still anchored at the steamer station. They massacred the unarmed Hindu passengers and threw them into the river. 30 Hindus were killed in the massacre, while three survived.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Barisal District
According to contemporary Muslim eyewitnesses a few thousand Hindus were killed and about two thousand Hindus went missing from Barisal district alone. Researcher Subhasri Ghosh has put the number of Bengali Hindus killed in Barisal District at around 2,500. Documentary filmmaker Supriyo Sen estimated that as many as 650,000 Hindus attempted to flee from Barisal to India and on their way were looted, killed and abducted.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Chittagong District
On 12 February anti-Hindu riots started in Chittagong. The riots were instigated and organized by Fazlul Quader Chowdhury. At night the city went up in flames. Hindus were killed in Chittagong proper and adjoining areas such as Noapara, Chowdhury Hat, Patiya, Boalkhali and Sitakunda. In one incident, almost all the Hindu passengers of a train were killed in Pahartali. The Hindu pilgrims who had assembled in Sitakunda on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri were attacked by Muslim mobs. Nellie Sengupta, member of East Bengal assembly from Chittagong wrote to the Liaquat Ali Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan about the anti-Hindu riots in Chittagong.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Chittagong District
In Chittagong District, four persons from the Buddhist community, including a police inspector, were stabbed, and monasteries were demolished. The residences of some Buddhist families in Fatickchari police station area and that of a Buddhist zamindar in Lamburhat under Rowjan police station was burnt to ashes. As a consequence large numbers of Buddhist people migrated to the Lushai Hills in India.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Chittagong District
After the pogroms, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, the erstwhile Chief Minister of West Bengal went to visit Chittagong. Sanjib Prasad Sen, a former anti-British revolutionary took him on a tour of the affected areas. With the help from former revolutionaries Binod Bihari Chowdhury and Birendra Lal Chowdhury, Sen prepared a list of persons killed in the riots.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Noakhali District
On 10 February, the Hindus were attacked in Noakhali town. On the afternoon of 13 February, the Hindus were attacked in broad daylight in Feni, within 200 yards of the S.D.O., the police station and the courts. The Hindu quarters of the town like Masterpara, Ukilpara, Daktarpara, Sahadebpur, Barahaipur and Sultanpur were attacked, looted and then set on fire. Gurudas Kar, an influential member of the Hindu community, was killed.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Noakhali District
After the destruction of the Hindu areas of the Feni town, the violence spread to the nearby villages under the Feni and Chhagalnaiyan police stations, mainly inhabited by the Nath community. The villages of Banspara, Rampur, Madhupur, Srichandrapur, Basikpur, Chakbasta, Shibpur, Baligaon were burnt to ashes. In the attacks, 45 Hindus were killed, 205 Hindu houses were burnt to ashes, and huge amounts of assets were looted.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Noakhali District
The Hindu women were abducted and forcefully married to Muslims. Harendra Kar's teenage daughter Mila Kar was forcefully married to Sultan Mian, a civil supply contractor, after her father, grandfather and son were slaughtered. A married Hindu woman named Ranubala was forcefully married to Rahmat Ali, the son of Honorary Magistrate Barik Mian.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Noakhali District
The attacks continued till 23 February, and by then, 4,500 Hindus had taken shelter at the refugee camp at Feni College. Another 2,500 were scattered in various refugee camps across the Noakhali district. The Hindus who were trying to flee to the Indian state of Tripura were looted and assaulted on the way. Hindu women and children were held at the Chandpur and Akhaura railway stations. The Ansars, the police and the Muslim mobs, refused to allow them to flee to Agartala or Kolkata. According to an Amrita Bazar Patrika report, 5,000 Hindus fled to Belonia, in the Indian state of Tripura.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
In Sylhet, the arson, loot and massacre were perpetrated in an extensive manner. 203 villages were devastated and more than 800 Hindu religious places were desecrated. In the villages of Dhamai, Baradhami, Pubghat and Baraitali about 500 Manipuri families were affected by the riots.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
Even since the Sylhet Referendum, it was propagated that the Hindus had voted against Pakistan and, therefore, they were the enemies of Pakistan. On 6 February 1950, the verdict of Bagge Tribunal was declared. The Muslims of Sylhet had anticipated that Karimganj would fall within Pakistan, but it was awarded to India. Some Muslim lawyers of Sylhet Bar Association and Muslim mukhtars of Karimganj threatened that there would be terrible violence. On 10 February, a huge poster was hung at Bandar Bazar, the city centre of Sylhet.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
The poster titled Atrocities on Mussulmans by Hindus in Hindusthan depicted the Muslims being dragged using ropes tied around their necks by Hindus armed with sticks and other weapons. Rivers of blood were flowing in Lumding and Kolkata because of the Muslim killings. Local Muslims were poring over the poster and inciting fellow Muslims to take revenge on the Hindus. On 11 February, at a rally at Gobinda Park, there was a cry for Hindu blood. It was rumoured that Fazlul Haque had been murdered in Kolkata. The situation deteriorated rapidly in Sylhet.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
On 13 February, Section 144 was imposed in Sylhet, by the decision taken by the Chief Secretaries of East Bengal and West Bengal at Dhaka. A Hindu youth named Prithwish Das was stabbed at Zinda Bazar. On 14 February, a rumour spread that the Muslims were being massacred at Karimganj. The Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet, addressing a meeting of lawyers, made an irresponsible statement that 5,000 Muslims were killed in Karimganj and that Muslims arrived in large numbers from Karimganj into Sylhet. In the evening, Moti Das, a Bengali Hindu youth, was killed near Jallapar. Three Manipuris were stabbed, two of whom died later.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
On the afternoon of 14 February, the Namabazar market was looted by a Muslim mob. From the morning of 15 February, loot and murder began to spread in the villages. At 9 A.M., the village of Murti was attacked. Hundreds of outsider Muslims attacked the Dutta Senapati family, raising anti-Hindu slogans. They looted cash, jewelry, utensils and furniture. The images in the family shrine and the temple were destroyed or thrown in the water bodies. After that, the mob went to the villages of Azmatpur, Daspara, Nasianji and Maheshpur.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
At 8 P.M., the house of Gurucharan Dhar, in the village of Noagram, only six miles from Sylhet was attacked. The next day at 7 A.M., a heavily armed Muslim mob surrounded the village. About 1,500 Hindus who inhabited the village fled to the nearby jungle. The mob looted the entire village, desecrated the Tulsi manchas and the family shrines. Some of the houses were set on fire. In the nearby village of Mamrathpur, the houses of many Hindus, including those of Mahendra Chandra De, Kamakanta Dhar and Ashwini Kumar De were looted.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
The mob abducted one of the daughters of Ashwini Kumar De. The next day she ravished, and the senseless body was returned home. In Dhakadakshin, the mobs abducted two unmarried daughters of Bharat Dutta on the night of 15 February. On the morning of 18 February, they returned home in a state of shock. When the family went to complain with the police, the police suggested an out of court settlement for a sum of 1,000 rupees. Numerous Hindu girls from the villages under Sylhet Sadar police station were raped.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
On 15 February, the house of Dinendra Chandra Deb Purakayastha in the village of Gangajal was looted and forcefully occupied by Muslim miscreants. At 9 A.M., the village of Silani under Bahubal police station of the erstwhile Karimganj sub-division was attacked. The mob raised provocative slogans and set fire to Hindu houses. Many Hindus fled to the nearby jungles to save their lives while the others were forcibly converted to Islam. Those who refused to convert were killed. In Dhakadakshin and Kachuadi, girls were abducted from eminent Brahmin families.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
In Chunarughat police station area of Habiganj sub-division, many Hindu families, including those of Ketan Das, Ashwini Nath and Birendra Nath, were forcibly converted to Islam. In Fenchuganj, the factory of the steamer company was looted and set on fire. Pulin De, a Hindu, was murdered near Ilaspur. In Majigaon, under Fenchuganj police station, the houses of Ambika Kabiraj and Makhan Sen were looted and set on fire. In Balaganj police station area, in Rukanpur village, the houses of Digendra Sen, Gopesh Sen and Shib Charan Das were looted, and the members were beaten up.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
In Madhurai and Kathalkhoi, the Hindus were beaten up and forcibly converted to Islam. In Golapganj police station area, the houses of Baikuntha Roy and Rashbehari Roy, in the village of Phulsain, were looted. In Bishwanath police station area, all the Hindu houses were looted in the village of Dandapanipur. A cow was slaughtered, and the Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam. In Tukerkandi village, the Ghosh house was looted, Jogendra Ghosh was killed, and many Hindus were stabbed. In Sijerkachh, the Pal Chowdhury and the Brahmin houses were looted, and everybody was forced to convert to Islam. Bimala Smrititirtha, a Hindu scholar, refused to convert. His sacred thread was torn and stamped upon, and he was stabbed repeatedly. The shikha of the Brahmins were torn by force. Idols were broken and thrown into nearby ponds.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
On 16 February, a 300 strong Muslim mob attacked the village of Akhra. They destroyed the images and went after the priest who fled. The mob then looted the entire village, including the houses of Haripada Chowdhury and Bimala Bhattacharya. On 17 February, the goondas went from house to house and attacked the Brahmins. Their sacred threads were torn and stamped upon, and they were forcibly converted to Islam. In the villages of Sunaita and Kurma, the Hindu women were attacked. Their sindur and conch shell bangles were broken.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
In the village of Rajaganj Akhra, the houses of Nir Bhatta and Ram Chandra Bhatta were looted. On 17 February, a 500 to 600 strong-armed mob attacked the village of Lakeshwar under Chhatak police station. The Brahmin houses were looted. Two of them were severely beaten up. The sacred threads of the Brahmins were torn, and their shikhas were cut off. They were forcibly converted to Islam. In Markul, the entire village was looted and forcibly converted to Islam. On 19 February, the village of Sadarpur, under Zakiganj police station was attacked. The house of Shuklal Namashudra was looted.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Sylhet District
When his brother went to lodge a complaint with the police, the police stabbed him, then wounded him with bayonet and finally kicked him out of the police station. During the night, the villagers swam across the river to safety. At Pargram, the houses of Akrur Namashudra and Ramesh Namashudra were looted and forcibly occupied by the Muslims.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Rajshahi District
On 28 February, the Kolkata-bound Assam Mail was attacked. On 28 February, disturbances erupted again in Rajshahi district. There were widespread incidents of murder, loot and arson in the villages under Tanore, Nachole and Gomastapur police stations. Forcible occupation of Hindu houses and rape and molestation of Hindu women led to the exodus of Hindus to Maldah district in the Indian Union. In some cases, the Bihari Muslims forcibly ejected the Bengali Hindus from their houses and occupied them. During their journey to India, the Hindus were subjected to all kinds of harassment. The Ansars seized almost every belonging that the refugees had in their possession. They made the Hindu women suffer great indignities in the pretext of search.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Rajshahi District
On 17 March, the Pakistan police and the Ansars opened fire on the Santal refugees who were crossing over to India near Balurghat. 17 were killed, and 14 were injured in the firing. The Pakistan armed forces and the Ansars drove away 20 Hindu families from Hariharpur village, very near to the border and adjacent to Balurghat in Indian Union. They broke open the roofs of the houses and took away the corrugated iron sheets, along with large quantities of rice, paddy, mustard, jute and utensils.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Rajshahi District
In Jahanpur village, they forcibly take possession of the ornaments of the Hindu refugee women. At the meeting between the District Magistrates and the Superintendents of Police of West Dinajpur district and Rajshahi district held at Farshipara, within Pakistan, the Pakistani authorities demonstrated their determination to pursue strong action against the Bengali Hindus, Santals and other tribals. Large numbers of Baloch soldiers were posted along the border near Balurghat.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Mymensingh District
In the Jamalpur and Kishoreganj sub-divisions of Mymensingh district, rioting started on 11 February and continued till 15th. The neighbouring Hindu villages around Sherpur, namely Lakshmanpur, Mucherer Char, Char Sherpur Jhankata, Bhatsana and Sapmari, were attacked. Hindu houses were looted and burnt. The Hindu houses in the villages of Atkapara, Firozpur and Budda villages were burnt. In Jumpur village, three members of the family of Tarak Saha were killed and their residence burnt.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Mymensingh District
On 12 February, the Hindu passengers in the Akhaura - Bhairab Bazar rail route between Comilla and Mymensingh were massacred. Taya Zinkin the reporter of the London Economist and the Manchester Guardian reported that the Mymensingh bound trains from Ashuganj were stopped on the Bhairab Bridge on the Meghna. The Muslim mobs attacked the Hindu passengers from both sides of the bridge. Those who dived into the river and tried to swim ashore were hit by brickbats and forcefully drowned. According to eyewitness Pierre Dillani about 2,000 Hindus were massacred on the Bhairab Bridge. On the same day, the Hindu passengers on board were attacked near Sararchar, a railway station between Bhairab Bazar and Kishoreganj.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Killings, Jessore District
On 10 March, Muslim refugees who had arrived from West Bengal, led by the Ansars began to terrorize the Hindus. In Jhenaidah sub-division, the Hindus were forcefully evicted from their houses and their houses occupied. The entire Hindu population of Teghari village emigrated to Kolkata. On their way, all their belongings were forcefully taken away by the Ansars and the Muslim refugees from West Bengal. On 19 March, a batch of about 400 Hindu refugees from Jinjira village under Maheshpur police station, reached Hazarkhal village under Hanskhali police station of Nadia district in West Bengal. While the group was crossing the Ichhamati, three armed Pakistani policemen fired at them, in which one person died.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Imprisonment of Hindu leaders
When the massacres were going on, the District Magistrate of Barisal asked Satindranath Sen, freedom fighter and Member of Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) of East Bengal from Barisal, to sign a declaration stating that there existed peace and normalcy in the district. Sen refused to sign the document. On 15 February, Satindranath Sen, was arrested under Section 307 C.C.P. and B.S.P.O. 1946 and imprisoned as an ordinary prisoner. On 18 February, Sen wrote to Liaquat Ali Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, appraising him of the situation in Barisal, without any avail.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Imprisonment of Hindu leaders
On 11 March, Suresh Chandra Biswas, a Member of Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) of East Bengal from Sylhet was arrested for addressing a public gathering where he protested against the arson on Hindu houses. Biswas was handcuffed and paraded through the streets, and locked up. A charge of arson was framed against him. He was imprisoned. On 16 March, the five Hindu members of the seven-member non-official inquiry committee investigating into the Kalshira massacre were arrested. The committee had submitted a report, mostly corroborating the origin and extent of the violence as reported in the Indian press. On 23 March, 30 leading Hindus, including 72-year-old Mohini Mohan Kar, the zamindar of Kulaura and prominent Congress leaders like Kripesh Chandra Bhattacharjee were arrested from Maulvibazar in Sylhet district.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Press censorship
In February, several attempts were made on Indian newspaper correspondents in Feni sub-division in Noakhali. Dr Dhirendra Kumar Dutta, the younger brother of PTI correspondent Jadugopal Dutta, was stabbed to death. On 2 March 1950, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, in a session in the Parliament, acknowledged that all correspondents attached to Indian newspapers and the PTI, working in East Pakistan were discredited and prevented from sending any news.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Exodus of Bengali Hindus
There was a huge exodus of Hindus from East Bengal to different parts of the Indian Union including West Bengal, Assam and Tripura. There was a major influx of Bengali Hindu refugees in West Bengal after the Kalshira massacre. Thousands of Hindu refugees were stranded at railway stations, steamer stations and at the Dhaka airport. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy took the responsibility of bringing the refugees to India. He arranged 16 chartered planes to airlift the stranded evacuees from Dhaka airport. He further arranged 15 big passenger steamers to rescue the stranded refugees from Faridpur and Barisal.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Exodus of Bengali Hindus
In March 1950, an estimated 75,000 Bengali Hindu refugees from East Bengal were admitted in the refugee camps of West Bengal. Around 200,000 refugees arrived in Tripura in March, 1950. An estimated 110,000 refugees arrived in Karimganj district in Assam from Sylhet district till 2 April 1950. On 11 April 1950, 2,500 Hindu refugees arrived at Shalimar in Howrah from Barisal in four chartered steamers. 20,000 refugees were still awaiting evacuation in Barisal. Till 12 April 1950, 120,000 refugees arrived in West Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Thus more than 500,000 refugees had arrived in West Bengal since the exodus began in January 1950.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Exodus of Bengali Hindus
The total figure of refugees ran into millions. On 4 April 1950, Bidhan Chandra Roy stated that 2 million refugees from East Bengal had already taken shelter in India. According to Rabindranath Trivedi, a total of 3.5 million Hindu refugees arrived in India in 1950. According to researcher A. Roy, 500,000 Hindus were killed in the pogroms, which resulted in the exodus of 4.5 million Hindus into India. About a million Hindu refugees from Sindh arrived in India.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Protests in India
The Government of West Bengal lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan government.


1950 East Pakistan riots, Protests in India
Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India, visited Kolkata on 6 March and later on 16 March. After seeing the plight of the Bengali Hindu refugees, he made an appeal to Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan to stop the atrocities.


1950 Ecuadorian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ecuador on 4 June 1950.


1950 Edmonton municipal election
The 1950 municipal election was held November 1, 1950 to elect five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. The electorate also decided eleven plebiscite questions. There was no mayoral election, as Sidney Parsons was on the second year of a two year-term. There were no elections for school trustees, as candidates for both the public and separate school boards were acclaimed.


1950 Edmonton municipal election
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Harold Tanner (SS), Armour Ford, Rupert Clare, Kenneth Lawson, and William Hawrelak (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1949 and were still in office.


1950 Edmonton municipal election
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled:George Brown, Mary Butterworth (SS), J W K Shortreed, and John Thorogood (SS) had been acclaimed to two-year terms in 1949 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where Joseph Gallant, Lawrence Keylor (SS), Ambrose O'Neill, and Joseph Pilon were continuing.


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 27,484 ballots cast out of 93,406 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 29.4%.


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Adrian Crowe (SS), Francis Killeen, and James O'Hara were acclaimed.


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Civic Centre
Are you in favour of the City entering into the proposed agreement with the First New Amsterdam Corporation for development of the Civic Centre area as finally approved by City Council on September 29, 1950?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Paving
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,225,095.00 for City share of paving of arterial streets, bus routes and elsewhere?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, High Level Bridge
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $500,000.00 to be applied toward the cost of providing a four lane vehicular traffic deck on the High Level Bridge to relieve serious traffic congestion?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Equipment for Engineers' Department
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $100,000.00 to purchase equipment for the Engineers’ Department including a flusher, a sweeper, mud pump and grader?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Fire Department
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $175,000.00 for the erection of Fire Department Buildings, namely, fire hall at Jasper Avenue and 92 Street, one drill tower and one drill school utility building for training firemen?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Fire Fighting Equipment
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $76,000.00 to purchase equipment for the Fire Department consisting of two pumpers and one aerial ladder?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Police Station
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $250,000.00 for additions to the main Police Station Building including one additional court room, increased office space, added prisoner cells and full sized gymnasium?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Renfrew Ball Park
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $50,000.00 to erect a concrete grandstand to seat 1,200 people at Renfrew Ball Park?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Royal Alexandra Maternity Ward
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,035,000.00 for the erection of new maternity building at the Royal Alexandra Hospital to relieve serious over-crowding of present facilities?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Royal Alexandra Hospital
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $1,200,000.00 for additions and renovations to Royal Alexandra Hospital including improved operating rooms, laboratories, X-ray Department, cafeteria, plus renovation of plumbing in present main building?


1950 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Plebiscites, Outdoor Pool
Shall Council pass a bylaw creating a debenture debt in the sum of $150,000.00 for the construction of an out-door swimming pool in the City?


1950 Egyptian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt on 3 January 1950, with a second round on 10 January. In the parliament of 319-seats, 225 went to the Wafd Party, 28 to the Saadist Institutional Party, 26 to the Liberal Constitutional Party, and 40 to minor parties and independents.


1950 Ekstraklasa, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Wisła Kraków won the championship.


1950 Emperor's Cup, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and All Kwangaku won the championship.


1950 Emperor's Cup Final
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1950 Emperor's Cup Final
1950 Emperor's Cup Final was the 30th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Kariya Stadium in Aichi on June 4, 1950. All Kwangaku won the championship.


1950 Emperor's Cup Final, Overview
All Kwangaku won the championship, by defeating Keio University 6–1.


1950 English Greyhound Derby
The 1950 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 24 June 1950 at White City Stadium. The winner Ballymac Ball and his owner, Belfast bookmaker Tom F Nicholl, received a first prize of £1,500. The greyhound was trained by Stan Martin.


1950 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
3¼, 5½, 3, 2, 4 (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. From 1927-1950 one length was equal to 0.06 of one second but race times are shown as 0.08 as per modern day calculations.


1950 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Red Wind was made the ante-post favourite before the competition got underway, the fawn dog had won the Grand Prix and Midland Puppy Derby but in qualifying for the second round suffered a minor injury. Greenwood Tanist was the first shock of the competition as the 2-1 favourite failed to qualify after going lame.


1950 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Round two saw Red Wind recover from his injury and secure a nine length victory in a fast 28.70. Another favourite, Ballymac Ball showed a strong finish to catch long time leaders Loyal Accomplice and Magna Hasty in his heat.


1950 English Greyhound Derby, Review
In the first semi-final Quare Customer won from Magna Hasty and Drumgoon Boy. In the second semi-final Red Wind faded after being well placed and was eliminated, the race was won by Ballycurren Garrett with Ballymac Ball and Captain the Killer claiming the qualifying places. Red Wind was found to be lame again after pulling a muscle.


1950 English Greyhound Derby, Review
In the final Ballymac Ball broke well with Quare Customer challenging, however Ballymac Ball maintained a healthy lead and ran out over three lengths in front recording 28.72, a new final record. The favourite Ballycurren Garrett had missed the break and encountered crowding with the others, leaving one of the sport's biggest owners George Flintham still awaiting success in the Derby.


1950 English cricket season
1950 was the 51st season of County Championship cricket in England. England and West Indies played a memorable Test series which the visitors won 3–1. The championship was shared by Lancashire and Surrey.


1950 English cricket season, Test series, West Indies tour
England lost the series 3–1 to John Goddard's West Indies who claimed four places in the Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year (see above). Not only was this the first time that West Indies had won a series in England, but they had never previously won a Test in the country. Ramadhin had match figures of 11–152 at Lord's, and his "spin twin" Valentine had figures of 11–204 at Old Trafford and 10–160 at The Oval.


1950 English cricket season, Leading batsmen
Watson missed much of the season because he was in the England football team that contested the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.


1950 Estonian SSR Football Championship
The 1950 Estonian SSR Football Championship was won by Tallinna Dünamo.


1950 European Aquatics Championships
The 1950 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 20–27 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria .


1950 European Athletics Championships
The 4th European Athletics Championships were held from 23 August to 27 August 1950 in the Heysel Stadium of the Belgian capital Brussels. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.


1950 European Athletics Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 454 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event, in agreement with the official number of athletes, but three countries less than the official number of 24 as published.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres track walk
The men's 10,000 metres track walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres track walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 24 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 24 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 27 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 27 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 27 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 26 and 27 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event. The fourth member of both the Belgian and Dutch relay teams are unknown.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23, 24, and 25 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24, 26, and 27 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
The men's 50 kilometres race walk at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 23 and 26 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 25 August 1950.


1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.