Des Moines Indian Community - DesMoinesIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

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
10/28/1992Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
3/4/1879Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.
4/3/1956Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
7/19/1990Planning Commission decides to make changes in the Gadgil formula for central assistance to States in consultation with states.
8/17/1916Amritlal Naagar was born.
8/2/1877Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, lawyer, politician and social worker, was born in Sagar, M.P.
3/21/1997Seven Kashmiri Pandits gunned down by militants in Sangrampura.
8/4/1997Nilesh Kulkarni becomes the first Indian to take a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket (Colombo).
4/15/1963Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
3/16/2000Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote.