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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 |
| 3/16/1997 | Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar. |
| 5/29/1982 | Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, was approved by Union Cabinet. |
| 9/23/1903 | Yusuf Meherali, freedom fighter and socialist, was born. |
| 12/8/1999 | Brij Bhupinder Singh alias Lalli, former Punjab Minister, was arrested on charges of fraud and disappropriation of public funds. |
| 5/13/1971 | General Insurance nationalized. |
| 5/7/1950 | Punjab Mail train crashed near Jasidh killing 81 persons. |
| 1/30/1903 | Lord Curzon opened the Imperial Library in in Metcalfe Hall at Calcutta. |
| 8/3/1967 | Rasiklal Das, great revolutionary, died. |
| 6/20/1939 | Ramakant Bhikaji Desai, cricketer - pace bowler for India in the 60s, was born in Bombay |
| 2/19/1993 | SC Jamir elected leader of the Congress (I) Legislature Party in Nagaland. |
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