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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 |
| 9/25/1946 | Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970). |
| 1/12/1995 | Kerala's birthrate drops to 17.5 per 1000. |
| 9/26/1820 | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal. |
| 1/15/2000 | Baba Amte, social artist, receives Gandhi Peace Prize 1999, from the President K. R. Narayanan. |
| 2/5/1919 | Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born. |
| 9/18/1803 | Puri was captured by Britishers from the Marathas without any struggle. |
| 5/15/1993 | K.M. Cariappa, field marshal and Major General, passed away at the age of 93. |
| 2/20/1999 | India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service. |
| 1/8/1992 | D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away. |
| 1/14/1969 | Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu. |
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