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Historical Event on 8/16/1974

A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
6/30/1979R. D. Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation. He was there in this office till 24 Jan. 1980.
4/4/1990Hindi film 'Bagh Bahadur' received the best feature film award of 1989.
10/3/1950India protests U.N. troops' crossing of 38th parallel in New York.
9/11/2000A Delhi High Court exonerates senior Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister H.K.L. Bhagat in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case in Delhi (in Mansarovar Park in East Delhi on November 1, 1984).
8/4/1993Tarabai Bapat, daughter-in-law of revolutionary Senapati Bapat, died.
5/16/1975Sikkim annexed principality and was declared as the 22nd state of Indian Union.
1/26/1961Special stamps dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in the Champion of Liberty series issued by the United States postal department.
6/30/1986Mizoram became the state of India.
9/8/1952The Copyright bill was signed during the first world convention by 35 nations including India at Geneva.