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Historical Event on 4/1/1987

Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/11/1906K.V. Jagannathan, great Hindi writer and journalist, was born at Krishnarayapuram,Tamil Nadu.
11/19/1978Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for second time.
2/5/1992Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar.
2/1/1901Six 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.
7/27/1928Rameshwar Sahai Saxena, famous writer, lawyer and journalist, was born at Lalitpur, (UP).
10/6/1779Elphinston, historian and administrator of Mumbai province, was born.
8/12/1988S. R. Bommai elected Karnataka CM.
2/15/1924Mahinder Singh, social worker, was born at Amritsar.
7/14/1942Britishers Quit India resolution was passed by Congress Working Committee. They demanded departure of British and agreed on passive resistance until India's independence. It was declared on 8th August, 1942 at August Kranti Maidan (Gowalia Tank).
1/12/1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.