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Historical Event on 10/1/1958

Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.
6/24/1966Bombay-New York Air India flight crashes into Mont Blanc (Switz), 117 die.
5/11/1911Shrimati Lalitadevi, wife of second Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri, was born.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
3/13/1963Indian Govenment announced 'Arjun Awards' to boost the morale of various sports personalities.
10/2/1982Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance minister of India, died.
1/22/1901Queen Victoria (1819-1901) passed away at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, South England, after a brief illness. She had been throned for almost 64 years, which is the longest reign in British history. She had given her name to an age ""Victorian Britain"".
5/27/1952United Nationalist Party and the Indian Democratic Party combined to form one opposition party - National Democratic Party with Dr. S. P. Mukherjee as leader.
1/4/1954Judge Mehr Chand Mahajan became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 22/12/1954.
12/5/1950Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, great revolutionary, freedom fighter and teacher, passed away.