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Historical Event on 8/27/1958

Metric system of weights and measures introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/3/199835 persons were killed as Govind Towers at Bandra in Mumbai collapsed.
2/15/1976The Division of Publication & Information was established in I.C.M.R. Headquarters.
2/12/1928Bardoli Satyagrah (Gujarat) was led by Vallabhbhai Patel against the Bombay government's decision to hike the revenue on cotton by 22 percent while its prices declined Internationally. Ultimately the govenment quashed the hike.
3/21/2000The 10,000 bond scheme for short-term visitors to the UK will not be applied to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Keith Vaz.
8/20/1995Indira Mahila Vikas Yojana launched.
5/4/1980Coal Mine Worker's Day established.
3/20/1997Maharashtra (like H.P.) proposes to make carrying for aged parents mandatory.
1/14/1998Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College.
2/19/1956Acharya Narendra Dev, the veteran freedom fighter, revolutionary, thinker and Chairman of PSP, passed away.
4/26/1973Judge A.N. Ray became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 28/01/1977.