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Historical Event on 8/27/1958

Metric system of weights and measures introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/22/1845Serampore of Hooghly district and Balasore cities from Dutch purchased East Indian Company.
9/30/1996Phase I assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
4/8/2000Air India wins the Rani of Jhansi women's cricket tournament in Chennai.
9/21/1966Mihir Sen swam the Bay of Persia.
3/4/1927Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.
9/22/1986India vs Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie.
6/15/1969Dr. Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia, great pioneer in Indian Geology and professor in development of geo-scientific research in the country, passed away at New Delhi at the age of 86.
8/1/1952Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot.
6/1/1790A treaty was signed between Marathas, Britishers and Nizam.
3/18/1919Rowlatt Act, intended to perpetuate the extraordinary powers enjoyed by the Government under Lord Chelmsford during the war, provokes countrywide protests. This Rowlatt Act was forced instead of 1915 Indian Security Act which reduced freedom of Indian people.