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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
8/14/199315 bus passengers massacred in J&K.
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
11/28/1890Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule died. He led a selfless life devoted to the upliftment of the lower classes of the Hindu society. He also started school for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables. He was assissted in education field by his wide Savitri Bai.
9/19/1990Planning Commission announces 8th Five-Year Plan proposals with a total outlay of Rs. 610,000 crore.
11/1/1954French handed over their territories of Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanon to the Government of India.
1/12/1924Gandhiji was operated on for appendicitis in Sassoon Hospital, Pune.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
1/12/1993Police firing at 15 places in Bombay; four foreign militants arrested.
5/22/1927M. S. Shivsankaraiyah, cricket test umpire for 3 tests from 1974-77, was born at Andhra Pradesh.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.