The first of October this year will mark 42 years since the Standards of Weight and Measures Act came into effect. But, as a fascinating new paper in the latest edition of the Past & Present journal reminds us, the standardization of weights, measures and coinage in India took place not that long ago. The first of October this year will mark 42 years since the Standards of Weight and Measures Act came into effect. Indeed, standardizing Indian weights and measures remained a fiendishly difficult thing to do. Who was going to police all the weights and measures all over India?

Source: Mint May 25, 2018 06:56 UTC