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Historical Event on 8/27/1958
Metric system of weights and measures introduced.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 7/29/1911 | Mohan Bagan became the first Indian football team to win the I.F.A. Shield. |
| 6/24/1763 | Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King. |
| 10/27/1999 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh splits. |
| 12/25/1972 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, great revolutionary freedom fighter, social worker, eminent litterateur, first Indian Governor General and the founder President of Swatantra Party, passed away. |
| 1/14/1641 | United East Indian Company conquers city of Malakka, 7,000 killed. |
| 2/14/1891 | Stephen Smith, greatest pioneer of air borne mail, was born at Strawberry Hill, Shillong, Assam. |
| 1/29/1976 | Parliament approves permanent government and censorship of newspapers at New Delhi. |
| 6/10/1833 | Azad Muhammad Jussain, Urdu poet and educationalist, was born. |
| 11/30/1986 | Sikhs hijack bus, killing 24 at Punjab. |
| 2/14/1976 | Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act comes into force. |
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