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Calcutta High Court was established for West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This Court has a Circuit Bench at Port Blair.

S. P. Kampani, was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 18-07-1957.

Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.

Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) was established.

Rupee devalued by 8.5\%.

Daily newspaper 'Mumbai Samachar' was published.

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great professor, politician, physician, leader and veteran nationalist, was born at Patna.

Pulavar Kulandai, great author and poet, was born at Bhavani.

Vasantrao Phulsing Naik, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, was born at Ganuli (Yeotmal).

Kumarmanglam Parasshiv Prabhakar, former Chief of Indian Army, was born.

Chandra Shekhar, former Prime Minister of India, was born. He was the eighth Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991.

Ramchandra Ganpatrao Shinde, educationist, was born at Burhanpur, (M.P.).

Hariprasad Chaursia, famous flute player, was born.

Sharad NandKishore Yadav was born in Babai, Distt. Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh).

M. Venkaiah Rangaiah Naidu was born in Chavatapalem, Distt. Nellore (Andhra Pradesh).

Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian women astronaut (STS 87), was born in Karnal.

Madanlal Dhingra, revolutionary, assassinated Sir William Curzon Wyllie, a prominent Anglo-Indian, at the Imperial Institute in London.

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, great leader, veteran nationalist, politician, professor, physician and architect, passed away.

Ravishankar Maharaj, freedom fighter and national leader of the country, died at the age of 101.

Fifteen people were killed in Calcutta as Hindus attacked Muslims.

The Sankaracharyas of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam were given a warm reception at the Golden Temple, Amritsar.

Two leaders of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) are detained under National Security Act (NSA).

British troops defeated Hyder Ali's progress. He was checked by Eyree Coote after the battle of Porto Novo and becamed subdued.

For the first time in Asia, Postal Stamp for the general public was issued by Sindh Province in Karachi.

Independence of India Bill passed.

British Parliament passes the India Independence Act and fixes August 15 for the transfer of power.

Asia's biggest nuclear research lab started in New Delhi.

MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children.

General Sunith Francis Rodrigues takes over as Chief of the Army Staff.

Major changes in Exim policy-farming and repacking included under the definition of 'manufacturer'.

Over 23,000 blowdowns completed in 1.2 m tunnel.

Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme `97 (VDIS) comes into effect.

Prime Minister inaugurated India's first Science City in Calcutta.

In south, the first line was opened by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Veyasarpandy and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles.

Central Railway started special train for ladies in Mumbai.

Truck operators begin nation-wide strike to press for the abolition of toll tax and octroi.

K. S. Ranjit Singh "Ranji" scored 230 runs as the captain and Newham (153). They added 344 runs for 7th wkt at Sussex vs Essex.

Olympic Games open at Helsinki.

Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.

Meerut University was established.

Yashvantrao Chavan Open University was established.

C. Y. Chintamani died.

Purushottamdas Tandon, great leader and editor, died at Allahabad.

Air Chief Marshal L M Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, died in office.

K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, died in Lucknow.

Vishnu Sahay was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 10-11-1960.

Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, declared a 20-point economic programme.

New Governors were appointed in five states. Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao became Governor for J&K.

The Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) of Shankersinh Waghela merges with Congress(I).