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Historical Event on 5/14/1956

Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/15/1831First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
1/20/1959Tej Bahadur Sapru passed away.
3/24/1998200 people are killed in a tornado on both sides of the West Bengal-Orissa border. The toll includes 80 from West Bengal's Midnapore district.
1/18/1970Kishan Singh at Cuttack sets record for 50 Km W.in 4.19.48.
10/25/1995Narsimha Rao, PM, addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN.
11/30/1988Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed.
7/25/1958Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, inaugurated.
6/26/1983Five hundred killed or missing as monsoon floods hit the Indian state of Gujarat.
6/18/1879Venketeshwar Bachhali, famous physics scientist, was born.