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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
7/29/1979Choudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as the fifth Prime Minister of India heading the Janata (S)-Congress coalition. He held this office till January 14, 1980. Jagjivan Ram became the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
2/26/1996Parliament's budget session opens.
5/9/1996LDF wins 80 sets and UDF 59 in Kerala elections .
1/31/1994Milind Desai, 12, the youngest editor in Gujarati journalism, died of leukemia.
11/2/1971Hurricane and ensuing tidal wave takes 6,000 lives.
1/16/1818The Rana of Udaipur signed a treaty with the British to protect Mewad.
6/1/1927Justice Savyasachi Mukherjee was born.
3/19/1954The first helicopter S-55 arrived at Bombay by sea.
3/19/1954Admiral Dom Vasco-da-Gama (c.1469-1524)-I, Portuguese navigator, arrived in India. He sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to Calicut, Kerala with three vessels and was the first Westerner to sail to India from Europe.