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Historical Event on 4/2/1987
Indian Standards Institution becomes Bureau of Indian Standards.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1988 | Umashankar Joshi, Gyanpeeth awardee and Gujrathi poet, died. |
| 2/15/1976 | The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) was established at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
| 6/17/1824 | Bureau of Indian Affairs established. |
| 1/1/1949 | A ceasefire eventually came into force. Under UN supervision, a negotiated Cease Fire Line was drawn up on an actual holding basis pending future settlements. This meandering, and at places militarily illogical line, ran some 700 kilometres from Chhamb in the South to a map reference point NJ 9842 in Ladakh in the North. The fighting was to continue for 15 months, with heavy RIAF involvement throughout, but despite being continuously on an operational footing throughout this period, the re-organisation and modernisation of the service continued unabated. |
| 8/25/1975 | Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 10/6/1974 | Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, great freedom fighter, barrister, leader, politician, nationalist and member of the Lok Sabha, passed away. He resigned as the defence minister soon after the Chinese aggression. |
| 4/6/1992 | Nagpur edition of Marathi newspaper 'Loksatta' was started. |
| 4/6/1992 | Bahadur Tair, under their leader Mongol of Hulagu Khan, captured Lahore. |
| 11/2/2000 | John Wright is appointed India coach by the BCCI. |
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