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Historical Event on 4/2/1987
Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/7/1905 | Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi. |
| 2/8/1959 | The Report of the Committee of Parliament constituted under Article 344 (4) of the constitution was submitted to the President. |
| 8/5/1939 | In the first case to be brought under Prohibition laws, a railroad passenger was today convicted of possessing a bottle of brandy in Bombay. |
| 3/23/1931 | Bhagat Singh, Shivram Rajguru and Sukhdev, great freedom fighters and revolutionaries, were hanged for assasination of Saunders, Assistant Superintendent of Police in the Central Jail at Lahore. Bhagat Singh and his associates showed no signs of any fear as they kissed the noose, chanting ""Inquilab Zindabad"" (long live the revolution). |
| 3/23/1931 | Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born. |
| 4/12/1801 | Ranjit Singh proclaimed himself Maharaja of Punjab. |
| 6/24/1946 | Gandhiji meets Cabinet Mission. |
| 12/8/1980 | Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev visits New Delhi. |
| 1/28/1937 | Suman Kalyanpurkar, famous singer, was born. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
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