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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
1/9/1996PM unveils India's state-of-the-art Main Battle Rank (MBT) `Arjun' at a New Delhi function.
1/9/1996Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Count of Vidigueira, met the Jamerin of Calicut after arriving in India three days ago at Malabar Coast. He was joined by an experienced Gujarati pilot at Malindi. He was the 6th Governor and 2nd Viceroy of India.
4/22/1958Admiral R. T. Katari was appointed as the first Indian Chief of the Naval Staff.
8/4/1933Gandhi is imprisoned for one year for breaking a restraint order.
8/15/1965Television starts in New Delhi.
6/20/1992CPM decides to back Dr. Sharma.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
12/3/19843,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.
5/1/1992C. Arjun, famous music director, passed away.
10/11/1988Janata Dal, a new national centrist opposition party, launched. V. P. Singh elected President.