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Historical Event on 7/3/1991

Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
12/11/1926Kamala Kant Pandey was born at Varanasi. He was the first Indian agriculture graduate to win the London Exhibition Scholarship. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1966. In 1975, he made the discovery of a ""revolutionary technique in plant breeding
5/31/1994Pandit Samtaprasad, famous Tabla player, passed away.
3/20/1904Charles Freer Andrews came to India as a Christian Missionary and joined the staff of St. Stephen's College in Delhi.
8/9/1942Mahatma Gandhi after announcing 'do or die' slogan alongwith 'Quit India Movement' at Bombay was arrested along with 50 others. Gandhiji was interned in Aga Khan Palace at Poona. This Do or Die slogan deep rooted in Indian hearts and resulted in nationwide Quit India Movment. This day is commemorated as ""Kranti Day"". Govind Vallabh Pant was send to Ahmednagar Jail, while Sarojini Naidu and many other leaders were also arrested.
5/14/1954President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
12/19/1919Sunil Kumar Banerjee, cricket Test Umpire for 1 test from 1963-64, was born at Bengal.
3/26/1997Russia agrees to help India in developing a state-of-the-art integrated air defence system, even as the two agree to carry military cooperation into the 21st century during the visit of Prime Minister Deve Gowda.
3/12/1967Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India for the second time after winning the General Elections.