Los Angeles Indian Community - LAIndian.com
| | | | | | | | | | | |
 


 

Historical Event on 10/1/1958

Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/26/1991Sharad Pawar joins Union Cabinet as Defence Minister.
10/29/1958Dhondo Keshav Karve, first social and educational reformer of Maharashtra, honoured by Bharat Ratna Award.
10/9/1947P. C. Joshi, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (CPI), appealed to all LEFT parties to rally around Nehru to fight for peace.
2/9/1994Supreme Court sets aside disqualification (under anti-defection law in 1991) of former Goa CM Ravi Naik.
2/28/1937Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar discovers the white dwarf maximum mass limit.
5/6/1680Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj was crowned.
4/18/1858Bharatratna Dhondo Keshav Karve, great educationalist and social reformer, was born.
3/26/1991Chautala loses majority after the disqualification of three Janata Dal (S) members. Janata Party merges with Janata Dal (S).
6/1/1959National Aeronautical Research Laboratory (NARL) set up under CSIR with temporary offices in New Delhi. Dr. P. Nilakantan is appointed NARL's first Director.
5/25/1979Commercial Unity Day started.