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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
4/4/1994Ravi Naik, Goa CM, resigns.
11/2/1999The Delhi HC dismisses a plea against Sonia Gandhi seeking deletion of her name from the register of Indian citizenship.
8/30/1991Dr. P. J. Devras, friend of snakes, passed away.
5/28/1988The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China.
3/11/1984India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam.
11/7/2000The BJP firebrand Uma Bharti makes a triumphant return to the Union Ministry as Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Arun Jaitley gets elevated as Cabinet Minister in a mini expansion. Maj.Gen. (Retd) B. C. Khanduri takes oath as Minister of State for Transport and Highways.
11/11/1675Aurangzeb executes Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur thus beginning the Sikh-Muslim feud that continues to this day.
6/16/1992P. D. Dhhavle, former editor of daily newspaper `Maharashtra', passed away.
8/6/1920Film Censor Board at Bombay started working. The first film censored and granted a Censor Certificate No. 1 was a short film of 600 ft., produced by Gaumont Company and it was titled as 'Gaumont Graphic No. 963-964'. The Regional Film Censor Boards were also set-up in Calcutta, Madras and Rangoon.
8/6/1920Sikandar Sur was compelled to surrender Mankot in Punjab.