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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.

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9/18/1803	Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
1/1/1880	Money order system was introduced.
6/24/1989	A majority of opposition members in the Lok Sabha resign on the issue of CAG report on the Bofors gun deal.
12/15/1999	The CPI (M) urges the Centre to take over Dunlop India Ltd.
7/28/1989	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was disqualified from Rajya Sabha. It was the first case of such disqualification from the House under anti-defection law.
2/28/1918	Srinivas Ramanujan, famous Indian scientist, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
9/18/1990	Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
5/21/1923	Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit', editor of monthly magazine, was born.
12/10/1902	Nijalingappa Siddavanahalli, president of Indian National Congress and politician, was born at Haluvagalu (Bellary).
7/31/2000	The Lok Sabha passes by voice vote a bill for creation of Chhattisgarh state.

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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.

Historical Event on 8/16/1974
A.Shankar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31st March 1977.