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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.

Other Historical Dates and Events
10/3/1992Geet Sethi beats holder Mike Russel of Britain (2529-718) to become the first Indian to win the World Professional Billiards championship in Bombay.
11/24/1999The dedication ceremony of Shanmukhananda Hall is put off.
12/30/1949India recognizes People's Republic of China.
6/20/1995B.R. Verma was made pro-tem Speaker by Governor by invoking Article 180 (1).
9/30/1997Gen. V. P. Malik takes over from Gen. Shankar Roychowdhury as Chief of Army Staff.
12/27/1992Dhananjay Bhattacharya, famous Bengali singer, died.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
8/15/1947Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister of free India.
1/20/1993Captain Karamjeet Singh, first Pramveer Chakra Awardee, passed away.
2/13/1713Sultan Jahandar Shah was strangled to death. Farrukhsiyar captured the throne of Delhi from Jahandar Shah with the assistance of two Sayyid brothers.