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Historical Event on 8/8/1955

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha elected chairman of the international conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/14/1956Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
8/19/1757The first rupee coin was minted in Calcutta by the East India Company.
3/1/1914Minto Gilbert Jhon Alieat, former viceroy of India, passed away.
12/20/1850Atma Dev, social reformer and religious leader, was born.
4/1/1941Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972).
2/9/1874Govind Tryambak Darekar, Marathi poet, was born.
4/8/1998India enters into a historical partnership with France with the formal launch of a joint programme for restoring and protecting the Taj Mahal.
3/21/1996PSLV-D3 launched successfully.
9/19/1962Jawaharlal Nehru was devastated when China began attacks on India's northern frontier leading to Indo-China War.
6/5/1974Smallpox epidemic in the country.