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Historical Event on 6/23/1987

D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1919Govindagraj (Ram Ganesh Gadkari), great Marathi drama writer, comedy writer and poet, passed away.
4/18/1993BJP issues white paper on Ayodhya.
7/17/1948Govt. announced that all discriminations against women in matter of employment will be done away with and in future, women will be eligible for any public service including administrative sevice and police service.
3/29/1857Sepoy Mangal Pandey shot the first bullet of 1857 Indian mutiny in the barracks of Barrackpur near Calcutta against British Empire. This was the starting of the mutiny.
2/10/1910Smt. Durga Bhagwat, veteran Marathi writer, was born.
5/9/1995Abha Gandhi, servant to Mahatma Gandhi, passed away. He was 68 years.
9/20/1921Pamanmal Hazari Punjabi, right-hand batsman (164 runs in five tests vs Pakistan in 1954-55), was born at Karachi.
1/15/1888Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter and President of the Punjab, was born at Amritsar.
4/12/1967Judge Kailas Nath Wanchoo became the Chief Justice of India. He helded this office till 24/02/1968.
3/5/1995Jalal Aga, famous comedian and character artist, passed away.