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Historical Event on 9/9/1812
The first paper currency was issued by the Bank of Bengal. The notes of this bank were later printed by Perkins, Heath & Co. in England. They can be distinguished into at least 10 different types. They were issued in a wide range of denominations from Rs. 10 to Rs. 1000.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 6/4/1947 | Dharmanand Damodar Kosambi, internationally famous Pandit of Buddhism, passed away. |
| 11/19/1977 | Cyclone hits Andhra Pradesh causing flooding and tidal waves and killing 10,000. |
| 12/5/1933 | Balendu Shantilal Jain, famous hindi writer, was born at Kunchord, M.P. |
| 12/14/1999 | The Prime Minister informs the Lok Sabha that Ram Prakash Gupta has denied the remarks on temple construction. |
| 4/4/1938 | A. M. Chakrabarty was born in Sainthia at West Bengal. He found that under the optimum conditions of time, temperature and nutrients the Hydrocarbon-eating "qualities'' of four diffrent strains of bacteria could be transferred into one. He also showed that this super-strain of bacteria reproduces itself. |
| 3/30/1997 | Congress Party withdraws support to the 10-month old H. D. Deve Gowda Government at the centre, and stakes its claim to form an alternative government. |
| 5/6/1971 | India refutes allegations that it has meddled in Pakistan's civil war. |
| 1/3/1996 | Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order. |
| 4/12/1967 | U. Thant,UN Secretary General, receives the first Nehru Award for international understanding. |
| 3/20/1997 | Greek instrumental composer Yanni Chryssomallis's 'Freedom Concert' held at the Taj, Agra. |
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