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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 |
| 7/21/1994 | The Supreme Court declares that SC/ST will lose status on migration to other states. |
| 2/21/1979 | Yousuf Hussain, litterateur and brother of President Zakir Hussain Khan, passed away. |
| 4/23/1994 | Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait, former Indian Union Muslim League president, floats a new party - the Indian National League. |
| 4/30/1992 | Import duty on gold halved; minor concessions in direct taxes. |
| 7/9/1755 | E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War. |
| 10/15/1932 | First Indian commercial airliner service 'Tata Sons Ltd' started. (Tata Airlines) |
| 2/13/1997 | Deve Gowda, PM, dedicates the Rs. 3200-crore 480 MW Uri hydel project in north Kashmir to the nation. |
| 11/5/1977 | Indira Gandhi arrested and released unconditionally. The External Affairs Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee addresses the United Nations General Assembly in Hindi. |
| 7/7/1937 | Jagdish Prasad Goenka, great industrialist, was born in Calcutta. |
| 4/26/1999 | The President dissolves Lok Sabha and orders fresh elections. |
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