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Historical Event on 10/15/1676

King of England permitted the East India Company to mint the Rupee and Paisa coins at Bombay.

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1/30/1999Paes-Bhupathi stumbled in the doubles final losing to Patrick Rafter-Jonas Bjorkman in the Australian Open Tennis tournament.
2/6/1827Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years.
6/17/1993Congress (I) working committee reaffirms its faith in Rao; BJP asks for PM's resignation .
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
7/7/1943Rasbehari Bose handed over the command of 'Azad Hind Fauz' to Netaji Subhashchandra Bose at Singapore.
2/22/1997Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.
12/20/1988The Constitution (62nd Amendment) Bill for reducing the voting age from 21 to 18 years receives Parliamentary approval.
11/12/1939Pratap Chandra Lal arrived at the training establishment at RAF Station, Risalpur. He then rose to the Air Chief Marcharl of Indian Air Force.
7/20/1955Suez Canal nationalised by Gamal Abdul Nassar.
9/17/1937Sitakant Mahapatra, 1933 Gyanpeeth awardee and famous Orria poet, was born.