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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 |
| 9/1/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi undertakes a fast for unity among Hindus and Muslims. He breaks the fast after 73 hours when peace is restored. |
| 3/25/1958 | Yograjsingh Bhagsingh Bhundel, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's), was born in Chandigarh. |
| 9/11/1824 | Shivling Surge died at Alpayu. |
| 12/6/1732 | Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of East India Company in India, was born in Churchill village of Oxfordshire in UK. |
| 6/13/1879 | Ganesh Damodar (Babarao) Savarkar, revolutionary, was born. |
| 10/15/1686 | Aurangzeb attacked and conqured Bijapur and this was the end of the Muslim Adilshahi's era. |
| 8/1/1939 | Bombay begins Prohibition, first since U.S. law was repealed. |
| 5/5/1972 | Loknathan P. S., great economist, passed away. |
| 6/19/1931 | Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa. |
| 11/19/1982 | 9th Asian Games started in Delhi. |
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