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Historical Event on 9/3/1979

M. M. Bhatnagar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 14-06-1985.

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5/27/1930Jayaprakash Narayan, Labour Research Cell, arrested after Dandi March.
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1/16/1966Sadhu Thanwardas Lilaram Vaswani, noted thinker and saint poet, great orator, professor and prolific writer, died at Pune.
6/21/1940Keshavrao Baliram Hedgewar, politician and founder of Rashtriya Swayansewak Sangh (RSS), passed away.
4/20/1971Air India started Boing 707 Jumbo Jet flight between Bombay and London.
1/3/1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
6/25/1983India won 'Prudential World Cup' Cricket Championship held in England after defeating West Indies.
3/17/1943Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.
3/17/1943Bahlul Khan Lodi, an Afghan and founder of Lodi dynasty, died in Delhi.
5/16/1999Senior Congress leaders oppose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister.