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Historical Event on 10/5/1676

East India company got authority from the King of England to mint Indian currencies 'Rupee and Paise' coins in Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/5/1676Sun City India founded by Rao in Jodhpur.
7/15/1979Morarji Desai resigns as PM. Jagjivan Ram elected Janata Parliamentary party leader.
3/11/1948SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam.
4/18/1971Air India's first Jumbo Jet Plane passenger Boeing 747 named 'Emperor Samrat Ashok' was landed on Santacruz Airport at Bombay.
9/4/1990An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.
6/25/1908Sucheta Kriplani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, was born.
3/1/1909First Indian Iron Company 'Tata Iron and Steel' established.
6/8/1906Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932), born at Jullunder.
12/9/1993Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Congress CM of Himachal Pradesh.
7/4/2000Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''.