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Historical Event on 5/28/1966

B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/13/1968Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha.
8/4/2000Justice Brij Mohan Lal was sworn in chairman of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
7/25/1997Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) retired from the post of 9th President.
3/1/1910The Dalai Lama is welcomed in Darjeeling.
10/3/1913Sudangsu Abinash Banerjee, 'Montu', cricketer, (5 wickets, 1 test vs West Indies) was born in Calcutta.
6/30/1999The first ever direct bus service between India and Bangladesh gets delayed due to heavy rain.
7/16/1991Railway budget hikes passenger fares by 15-20\% and freight up by 10\%.
8/4/1845Pherozeshah Mehta, who published the first Hindi newspaper and one of the founders of Indian National Congress, was born in Bombay.
8/14/1980Centre nationalizes Maruti company.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.