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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 |
| 10/30/1947 | The government rejects Kashmir's decision to join India in Pakistan. |
| 8/27/1958 | Metric system of weights and measures introduced. |
| 12/28/1981 | Madras-Penang undersea cable commissioned. |
| 1/1/1934 | Raju V. Vikram, cricket test umpire for 2 tests from 1984-87, was born at Karnataka. |
| 9/14/1923 | Ram Jethmalani, famous law expert and politician, was born. |
| 11/17/1948 | Despite the scepticism on the part of the US and British advisers concerning the feasibility of the scheme, the first half-dozen HAL-reconditioned B-24s were ready by November 1948 and, on the 17th of that month, No. 5 Squadron was formed with these heavy bombers. |
| 4/26/1926 | Karachi Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943). |
| 4/27/1996 | General Election (11th) of India begins. |
| 3/31/1997 | Lakhubhai Pathak, prominent NRI businessman who had accused Narasimha Rao of cheating $ 100,000, died in London. |
| 3/11/1984 | India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam. |
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