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Historical Event on 8/19/1757
The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/28/1987 | The National Science Day was celebrated for the first time at the ICMR Headquarters and all its Institutes/Centres in February 1987 through exhibitions, lectures, demonstration campaigns etc. (This has now become an annual event). |
| 7/5/1957 | Dr. Anugrah Narain Singh, great leader, freedom fighter, educationist and Minister of India, died.. |
| 11/14/1957 | Children's Day. |
| 8/9/1925 | Government Treasury from Postal Train was looted near Kakuri Station just about 22 km. away from Lucknow by the members of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association'. |
| 6/23/1953 | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention. |
| 7/10/1984 | White Paper on Punjab released by Union Government. |
| 12/4/1910 | Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India (1987-92), was born. |
| 7/18/1987 | Amitabh Bachhan resigns his Lok Sabha membership. |
| 2/8/1785 | Warren Hastings, British Viceroy, left India. |
| 9/22/1931 | Gandhi meets Charlie Chaplin in London. |
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