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Historical Event on 8/27/1958
Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
1/5/1998 | Laloo Yadav, RJD president, and BSP chief Kanshi Ram launch a seven-party ""Jan Morcha"". |
11/24/1997 | Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships at Hartford. |
6/2/1955 | A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak. |
2/10/1921 | Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated Kashi Vidya Peeth. |
1/2/1997 | Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections in national archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara. |
6/16/1950 | Mithun Chakravorty, famous Hindi film actor, was born. |
5/31/1756 | Jose Cusodio Faria was born in Candolim of Goa. He was a revolutionary scientist and also known as Abbe Faria. |
9/21/1746 | French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras. |
12/3/1970 | Rajendra Agriculture University established at Bihar. |
5/27/1962 | Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92), was born in Bombay. |
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