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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
7/7/1998India wins Singer-Akai Nidahas Trophy defeating Sri Lanka by six runs in the final at Colombo. New Zealand was the third team in the fray.
1/27/1995K.V. Krishna Rao, J&K Governor, gets another term.
1/27/1995Pedro Cabral departs from Pourtugol with 13 ships to India.
1/21/1820Dalpat Rai, modern Gujrati poet, was born.
2/7/1931Shila Kaul, the chief minister of New Delhi, was born.
6/18/1989India and Pakistan decide to end the five-year-old confrontation in Siachen Glacier area by redeploying their forces.
12/4/1888Romesh Chandra Majumdar, great Bengali historian, was born.
7/23/1956India celebrates the birth centenary of Bal Gangadhar ""Lokmanya"" Tilak.
6/9/1923Idris Hassan Latif, Air Chief Marshal, was born at Hyderabad, Deccan.
1/1/1880Money order system was introduced.