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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 |
| 11/8/1932 | Sankhla Badluram, great industrialist, was born in Delhi. |
| 10/26/1934 | Akhil Bharatiya Gramin Udyog Sangh (All India Small Scale Industries Association) was founded and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi. |
| 9/30/1881 | Rajah Annamalai Chettiar, famous musician, social worker and Governor of the Imperial Bank of India, was born at Kanadukattam, Tamil Nadu. |
| 9/30/1881 | Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul. |
| 1/20/1997 | Indian Express launches its 18th edition from Belgaum. |
| 12/7/1989 | Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister. |
| 12/8/1932 | Indian Air Force Act was passed. |
| 6/1/1874 | East India Company was dissolved. |
| 11/30/1998 | Ghasiram Yadav (74), member of Parliament representing Alawar in Rajasthan and former MLA and Minister in the State, died in Jaipur. |
| 8/20/1933 | Mahatma Gandhi is rushed to the hospital on the fourth day of his latest fast. |
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