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Historical Event on 10/1/1958
Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

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2/20/1982	The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members of Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was finally shifted to College of Materials Management Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 Apr 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
4/26/1999	The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections.
9/9/2000	Venus Williams wins the women's singles in the U.S. Open championship.
5/19/1954	The Govt. of India constituted a National Film Board.
2/28/1998	The third and final phase of polling is held in 131 Lok Sabha constituencies in 10 States and one Union Territory.
3/12/1992	A devastating wave of car-bomb explosions killed an estimated 300 people and injured hundreds more today in the large western Indian port city of Bombay. The first blast ripped through the city's stock exchange building, and minutes later a dozen slightly less powerful explosions rocked the bustling city center.The bomb attacks appeared to have been part of a carefully planned operation.The devices were clearly meant to cause maximum loss of life and damage to property.
9/5/1659	Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died.
8/2/1988	The Supreme Court confirmed death sentence on Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh in Indira Gandhi murder case.
10/1/1949	'Marathi Rangbhumi' , a drama company, established.
4/29/1998	The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.

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Historical Event on 10/1/1958 Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

Historical Event on 10/1/1958
Metric System of weights was introduced in India.