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Historical Event on 8/27/1958

Metric system of weights and measures introduced.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
3/22/1977Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress party lost the 6th general election of India. She resigned as Pime Minister of India.
8/12/1997Bar Council of India debars full-time law teachers from practising as lawyers.
12/16/1922Parvati Devi, orator, was arrested for delivering revolutionary speeches in meetings at Hapud and Merrut. She was the first Indian women to get two years long imprisionment during the freedom struggle.
3/15/1919Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
4/8/1831Ram Mohan Roy landed in England.
7/20/1924Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar established Bahishkrit Hitkarni Sabha.
7/20/1924Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution.
4/10/1993Student hijackers of IA plane overpowered in Lucknow.
2/1/1831The first Fine Arts Exhibition by Brush Club was held in a Public Library of Calcutta.