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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
6/29/1992Congress (I) nominates K. R. Narayanan for the Vice-Presidentship.
7/11/2000Amrita Pritam, noted litterateur, honoured with the highest award for Punjabi literature for the century:""Shatabdi Samman"".
9/30/199724th Stock Exchange of India set up at Trivandrum.
4/2/1679Aurangzeb reimposed Jizya Tax to finance the spread of Islam on the Hindus.This Jeziya tax was abolished by Akbar.
5/25/1894Biharilal Chakravorty, bengali poet, passed away.
9/15/1912Rusi Karanjia, journalist and publisher, was born.
3/28/1994Leaders attack trade protectionism.
6/3/1985The week comprising of five working days was implemented in Central Government Offices for its staff.
11/29/1961First cosmonaut of the world, Yuri Gagarin of Russia, came to India.
5/8/1971Mohinder Singh Gill at Fresno sets record for TJ in 16.79.