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Historical Event on 9/1/1977

M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/16/1969Mirza Ghalib centenary stamp released.
3/24/1947Lord Louis Mountbatten came to India.
8/12/1868Frederick JNT Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of British-India (1916-21), was born.
5/23/1895Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind passed away.
8/6/1965Indian troops invade Pakistan.
1/23/1961Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
12/24/2000Viswanathan Anand becomes the first Asian to win a world chess title in the world chess championship in Taheran.
12/27/1999PSCB's Prathima Kumari shattered the National clean and jerk mark twice in the women's 58-kg class on the second day of the senior national weightlifting championship in Kalyan.
4/1/1947Gandhiji addresses Asian Relations Conference in Delhi.
5/25/1999India blasts its way into the global satellite launch vehicle market with the PSLV-C2 deploying two foreign satellites besides the Indian remote sensing satellite, IRS-P4.