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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
6/20/1756A group of British soldiers along with Halvel were imprisoned by some rebellions in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the ""Black Hole of Calcutta."" Most of them died here.
11/15/1993Supreme Court rules that the CEC is supreme
11/11/1973India's first International Philatelic Exihibition started in New Delhi.
8/1/1879Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born.
4/19/1960Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi.
9/6/1996A Delhi court says there are grounds for framing charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption against L.K. Advani.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
10/5/1993Geet Sethi retained World Billiards title by beating Mike Russel.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.