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Historical Event on 5/28/1966

B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/15/1965Food Corporation of India inaugurated in Madras.
8/11/1999The last total solar eclipse of the millenium was seen in northern parts of India and France. This eclipse lasted for 2 min and 23 sec.
9/30/1922Bakhshish Singh Nijjar, great historian and author, was born at Domeli village (Punjab).
11/15/1989Test debut of Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Yunus at Karachi.
10/4/1993PM surveys the quake-hit villages and sanctioned Rs. 50 crore.
3/21/1939Gandhi calls on world to disarm, thinks Hitler would follow.
5/31/1988Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
2/7/1908Manmanath Gupta was born.
8/21/1997Krishan Kant assumes office as tenth Vice President of India.
4/6/1968Indira Gandhi,PM, inaugurated the construction of Bokaro Steel Plant.