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Historical Event on 10/1/1958

Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/1/1996K.L. Chugh and J.N. Sapru, former chairmen of ITC, remanded to custody in connection with FERA violation case.
7/4/1989Capt. W. A. Sangma appointed Governor of Mizoram and A. A. Rahim Governor of Meghalaya.
1/3/1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
2/13/1997Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation.
2/16/1745Thorle Madhavrao, fourth Peshwa in Maratha kingdom, was born.
5/25/1886Rash Behari Basu, great revolutionary, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, was born at Palara Bighati village, West Bengal.
5/3/1971Dhanjay Ramchandra Gadgil, famous economist, passed away.
5/3/1971Tulsidas, Mahakavi Saint, was born.
5/26/1926Kankalta, freedom fighter, was born in Bargawadi village at Assam . She was shot when she tried to flur the Indian National Flag in Gopur, Assam.
8/29/1931Gandhi arrives in London for second Round Table Conference on India.