|
|
Historical Event on 4/1/1962
Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/5/1932 | Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, passed away. |
| 5/8/1906 | Prannath Thapar, former General of India, was born. |
| 4/22/1812 | Dalhousie, governor general of India, was born. |
| 1/22/1963 | The National Library for the Blind, the first national institute of its kind, was set up at Dehradun. |
| 5/19/1979 | Pandit Hajari Prasad Dwivedi passed away. |
| 2/7/1994 | C. T. Kamdar, famous industrialist and close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. |
| 11/15/1992 | Praveen Amre scores century (103) on Test Cricket debut vs South Africa at Durban |
| 10/16/1922 | M.V. Desai, social reformer and journalist, was born. |
| 6/2/1900 | Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away. |
| 9/21/1996 | Rao resigns Congress Party President post. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
