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Historical Event on 2/1/1901
Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.
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| 9/12/1990 | Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State. |
| 1/16/1985 | Balram Jakhar elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha. |
| 7/8/1996 | Mathematical Olympiad was held in Mumbai - the first time in India (from 08-17, 1996). |
| 7/8/1996 | Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi. |
| 2/12/1882 | Satyendranath Dutt, famous Bengali poet, was born. |
| 3/13/1947 | Lord Louis Mountbatten took charge as Viceroy of British India. He ruled upto 14th August, 1947. |
| 7/21/1977 | Bhudevchandra Basu, famous animal expert, passed away. |
| 8/9/1971 | Vinodnand Jha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, died. |
| 6/9/1900 | Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, died in Ranchi Jail. |
| 11/18/1955 | Nicolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, top USSR Soviet leaders, first time came to New Delhi. |
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