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Historical Event on 10/1/1958

Metric System of weights was introduced in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/9/1967Bhartiya Kranti Dal, a new political party founded.
9/28/2000Marion Jones wins the 200m gold medal at Sydney.
4/6/1966Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).
6/25/1975President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the declaration of Emergency Rule in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi implemented the same very next day.
4/1/1869Income Tax was imposed. On the same day New Indian Divorce Act came into operation.
7/10/1997Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
4/19/1995Gopala Ramanujam,Goa Governor, takes up additional charge of Kerala.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
3/7/1987Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first batsman to score 10,000 test runs in cricket a match against Pakistan at Ahmedabad.
7/10/1971Kochin University was established in Kerala.