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Historical Event on 4/1/1987
Bureau of Indian Standards was changed to Indian Standards Institution.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/7/1920 | Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, renowned Sitar player (Sounds of India), was born in Banaras, India. |
| 6/19/1949 | People of Chandernagar, the French Indian Settlement, decided to merge with the Indian Union. |
| 10/26/1890 | Martyr Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was born at Allahabad. He was also the editor of revolutionary weekly 'Pratap'. |
| 10/31/1984 | Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India by Gyani Zail Singh, President of India, at New Delhi. He held this office till December 1, 1989. |
| 10/5/1990 | Parliament passed the 76th Amendment Bill to extend President's rule in Punjab for another six months from November 10, 1990. |
| 1/14/1998 | Prof. Amartya Kumar Sen, Economist, is sworn in new Master of the Trinity College. He is the first Asian to head a Cambridge College. |
| 4/7/1997 | Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan finalise preparations for a new trade bloc called 'Growth Quadrangle'. |
| 10/1/1997 | Parliamentarian and All-India Forward Bloc general secretary, Chitta Basu died during his journey by Howrah-bound Danaput Express from Patna. He was 72. |
| 2/10/1944 | Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma. |
| 1/14/1896 | Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh, former Finance Minister of India, was born. |
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