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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
1/19/1987Narain Dutt Ojha made some sort of a record at the residence of the Chief Justice of India when he was sworn in as a Judge of Supreme Court at 10.00 p.m.
6/8/1948Malabar Princess', Air India's first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
10/29/1990Vinod Mehra, famous Hindi film actor, died.
8/25/1996194 pilgrims die of cold at the cave temples of Amarnath .
3/28/1986Extremist Sikhs kill 13 Hindus in Ludhiana, India.
4/29/1954India accepted Tibet as a part of China.
2/8/1999Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, died in New Delhi.
7/21/1962Passenger Train and Freight Train collided near Dumraon killing 69 persons.
11/27/1907Harivanshrai Bachchan, famous Hindi writer and poet, was born at Allahabad.
9/18/1972India becomes the top film producer of the world with 433 feature films made in 1971.