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Historical Event on 9/1/1977
M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 5/18/1974 | Jayaprakash Narayan led a procession against economic conditions in Patna. There was lathi charged and he issued a call for total revolution. He also started the 'Citizens for Democracy' movement. |
| 11/25/1992 | Mamata Banerjee, Union Minister of State for Sports, resigns to fight Bengal CPM. |
| 8/22/1818 | Warren Hastings, first Governor General of India (1773-84), died at the age of 85. |
| 8/28/1973 | India and Pakistan signed P.O.W Accord paving way for release of 90,000 Pakistanis. |
| 10/28/1962 | US pledges to rush arms to India. |
| 3/3/1921 | Ahmed Gulsher, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Satna (M.P). |
| 2/14/1970 | Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization. |
| 11/8/1966 | Rameshwari Nehru, freedom fighter and social worker, died at 80 years in New Delhi. She founded ""Stree-Darpan"" Magazine in 1909 and was president of ""Indian Women Association"". She had received Lenin Peace Prize in 1961 for her humanitarian services for upliftment of the down |
| 3/16/1832 | Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away. |
| 1/25/1992 | Swaran Singh and Vajpayee awarded 'Padma Vibhushan'. |
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