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Historical Event on 10/1/1958

Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/10/1755Narayanrao Peshwa was born.
5/18/1955Hindu Marriage Act is amended.
6/22/1880Nilmoni Phukan, greatest social reformer, prolific writer of Assam, poet, editor, journalist and lawyer, was born at Dibrugarh, Assam.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
9/27/1989Hemanta Kumar Mukherjee, noted playback singer and music director, died.
9/27/1989Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
3/20/1951Madanlal Udhouram Sharma, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's), was born in Amritsar.
4/14/1990L. P. Poarbosa sworn in as CM of Goa.
5/13/1952Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru again becomes the Prime Minister of India and forms a new union ministry.
10/10/1964Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York.