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Historical Event on 2/1/1901

Six language penel were started on the Rs. five dinomination. These notes were single sided and the back side could be used for accounting purposes. The six languages were Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kaithi, Kannada and Tamil. The paper used for printing was white hand made and moulded.

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3/26/1938Laxminath Bezbarua, great littearateur of modern Assamia language, passed away.
6/17/1965Motilal, famous actor, died.
8/4/1929Kishor Kumar Ganguly, well known singer, was born at Khandava. He is also rememberd as a comic actor, director and musician.
5/21/1984Army moves in after 114 die in religious strife at Bomay.
11/6/1993First-ever elections to the Delhi Assembly.
9/20/1998India lost the fifth and final match of the Sahara Cup by five wickets. Pakistan won the series 4-1 at Toronto.
9/15/1948The India flag carrying vessel reached Bombay Port.
1/29/1912Judge A.N. Ray, Chief Justice and Supreme Court of India, was born.
3/25/1928S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born.
4/2/1926The worst Hindu-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta.