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Historical Event on 9/6/1961
D. N. Kohli was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 28-05-1966.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/20/1905 | Lord George Curzon reigned as the Viceroy of India. He was then replaced by Lord Minto II, the Earl of Minto. |
| 7/4/2000 | Volvo's Environmental Prize went to Prof. Amulya K. N. Reddy of India and three others for their work on ''How the world's energy resources can be made to suffice as the population grows''. |
| 2/18/1918 | Gopal Krishna Adig, modern Kannad poet, was born. |
| 7/10/1949 | Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, great Indian cricket player (opener, 10,122 Test runs), was born in Bombay. He has received Arjun Award (1975) and Padma Bhushan (1980). |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 11/19/1970 | Bhupinder Singh Jr, cricketer (Punjab & Indian ODI batsman), was born. |
| 5/4/1980 | Coal Mine Worker's Day established. |
| 7/25/1982 | Dr. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) retired from the post of sixth President. |
| 3/6/1961 | India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay. |
| 1/19/1992 | Manvendra Mukherji, famous singer and music director, passed away. |
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