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Historical Event on 10/15/1676
King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/24/1992 | Universal Poetry Foundation' was established at Pune. |
| 3/18/1922 | Mohandas K. Gandhi ""Mahatma,"" the great spirit, sentenced by British authorities to six years in prison for sedition at Sabarmati. Gandhi was sentenced just eight days after he was arrested. The British acted hastily after government officials in London and India were criticized for not arresting him sooner. In London, the Secretary of State for India was forced to resign because of the controversy over Gandhi. In India, the arrests of Gandhi and other Indian nationalists had only increased sympathy for their cause. |
| 10/14/1991 | Prasannakumar Abhyankar, senior journalist, died. |
| 3/27/1990 | 21 people die as a bus accidentally touched a high voltage wire in Karagpur India. |
| 12/24/1973 | E.V.Ramasami, founder of DMK party, prominent leader, great social worker and revolutionary freedom fighter, died at the age of 94. |
| 2/1/1881 | Cambridge Missionaries founded St. Stephen's College in Delhi. |
| 5/2/1985 | Banarsidas Chaturvedi, famous writer and journalist, passed away. |
| 5/14/1956 | Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957. |
| 3/24/1946 | British Cabinet Mission came to India presided by Lord Pethick Lawrence. |
| 11/6/1962 | National Defence Council established. |
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