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Historical Event on 10/1/1958
Metric System of weights was introduced in India.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/23/1980 | Prakash Padukone becomes the first Indian to win All-England Badminton Championship. |
| 7/10/1927 | Ganga Ram, great social reformer and founder of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, died in England while functioning as an active member of the Royal Commission on Agriculture. He was against dowry and child marriages and advocated widow re-marriage and also established institutions for vocational education and education for adults. |
| 7/31/1980 | Muhammad Rafi, famous playback singer, died at the age of 40. |
| 3/25/1928 | S. R. Kulkarni, leader of dock workers, was born. |
| 6/3/1992 | Kerala CM K. Karunakaran injured in a road accident. |
| 1/27/1994 | Union Cabinet approves inclusion of the land reforms laws in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution. |
| 3/29/1978 | Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India and 229 runs, passed away. |
| 7/1/1982 | MGR inaugurates Tamil Nadu's noon meal programme for poor children. |
| 10/5/1957 | Nehru becomes the first recipient of the key of Hiroshima Peace City. |
| 1/12/1869 | Dr. Bhagavan Das, great philosopher, freedom fighter, Hindi writer, politician and litterateur, was born at Varanasi. |
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