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Historical Event on 7/7/1905

Six Language penel were started on the Rs. five denomination again. The printing colour of note changed to Red with Special text mentioned, 'At any office of issue not situated in Burma'.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/12/1823First Indian Steam Engine Ship ""Diana-a-Gunboat""sailed in a sea near Calcutta. It was built by Kyd & Co.
3/22/1971Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, great social reformer, revolutionary and poet, passed away.
4/2/1993MP High Court quashes dismissal of BJP Government under article 356; the Centre decides to move the Supreme Court.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.
11/5/1996Madhavrao Scindia rejoins Congress.
12/1/1985Rajiv Gandhi concludes the first official visit to Japan by an Indian Prime Minister at Tokyo.
8/9/1909Vinayak Krishna Gokak, famous Kannad poet, play writer, critic of literature, educationist and Gyanpeeth awardee, was born at Savanur.
11/22/1773Robert Clive, English occupier (India), passed away at the age of 48.
8/15/1947Indian Independence Day.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.