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Historical Event on 9/6/1961

D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/21/1862Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telegu poet, playwright, story writer, critic and social reformer, was born.
1/20/1879Raghunath Chaudhary, famous Assamia nature poet, was born.
6/17/1993K. D. Dharmadhikari (Nana), veteran freedom fighter, died.
5/18/1974First underground Atomic device explosion for India was carried out successfully near Pokhran in Rajasthan (Thar Desert) at 8:05 a.m. This event made India as the 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb.
9/21/1746French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais & Dupleix Madras.
1/24/1997Public holiday in connection with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose birth centenary.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
4/12/1752Agreement to save the king between Shinde and Holkar.
1/27/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
5/15/1989NAL's 0.6 m transonic wind tunnel is commissioned. Total project cost is about Rs 20 million.