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Historical Event on 7/31/1974
B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 15-08-1974.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 2/25/1998 | Tendulkar's first first-class 204* for Mumbai vs Australia. |
| 4/29/1936 | Zubin Mehta, famous music conductor (NY Philharmonic), was born in Bombay, India. |
| 3/25/1983 | Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea. |
| 4/1/1963 | Delhi Special Police Establishment acquired its popular current name Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) through a Home Ministry resolution passed. |
| 3/25/1994 | Buta Singh exonerated by the Akal Takht after 9 years. |
| 4/10/1919 | Miss Mercia Sherwood, an English teacher, was assaulted by a mob in Amritsar. Brig. General. R.E.H. Dyer had given instructions to beat her. |
| 2/13/1994 | Troops moved to Uttar Pradesh to quell caste violence. |
| 1/8/1995 | Madhu Limaye, veteran national leader, socialist thinker, freedom fighter, politician, writer, close associate of Ram Manohar Lohia and Jaya Prakash Narayan, passed away. |
| 8/12/1905 | Japan, Britain reach an accord determining spheres of influence in Far East; India to remain with the British. |
| 5/13/1998 | India conducts two more nuclear tests at Pokhran. The US slaps sanctions. The Prime Minister says India will face down sanctions. |
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