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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 |
| 4/3/1700 | Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals. |
| 1/21/1963 | East German party Congress ends; Ulbricht, with Soviet support, condemns Chinese invasion of India at Berlin. |
| 7/18/1857 | The Calcutta, Mumbai and Madras Universities were established. |
| 5/8/1994 | Harikant Jethwani, famous Sindhi litterateur, passed away. |
| 1/29/1993 | Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman. |
| 3/1/2000 | P.Harikrishna becomes India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International chess tournament. |
| 9/16/1913 | Kasturba Gandhi was arrested. |
| 2/2/1958 | Family tradition still counts for something in Indian politics. Indira Gandhi, the only daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the granddaughter of a statesman, has been elected president of the Congress party in India. Mrs. Gandhi will be installed into her new office next Sunday, and her job is not expected to be an easy one. The Congress party has been wracked by internal dissension and has been on the verge of collapse. It is hoped that Mrs. Gandhi, who is 41, will breath some new life into the party. Most of the politicians who have been arguing about the future of their party and country are fairly old. Mrs. Gandhi, who is known for her leftist sentiments, is expected to act quickly to put her own mark on party policies. |
| 6/21/1994 | The Janata Dal splits again, 14 of its 39 Lok Sabha members seek separate seats as a group. |
| 4/1/1941 | Ajit Laxman Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt and Team Manager), was born in Bombay. He has received the Arjun Award (1967) and Padmashree (1972). |
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