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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
10/1/1990Justice Ranganath Mishra appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
10/14/199210 Indians sentenced to six years in jail in the UAE on account of staging a play in Sharjah.
4/28/1943Netaji Subash Chandra Bose aligned the Japanese-German submarine at Medagaskar.
9/7/1993India and China sign border peace accord.
7/24/1997Country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna conferred on former interim Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda and posthumously on freedom-fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
9/26/1977Uday Shankar (Chowdhury), producer and director of dance-based film 'Kalpana', passed away. He was the elder brother of Pandit Ravishankar. His main achievement was the blending of the Indian classical style with the Western Ballet and various folk dances.
7/10/1964Bangalore University was established in Karnataka.
1/24/1826Gnanendra Mohan Tagore, first Indian barrister, was born in Calcutta.