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Historical Event on 2/21/1973

V. R. Sonalkar was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 31-07-1974.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/10/1996Centre sets up Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission.
11/15/1949Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Narayan Dattatreya Apte were hanged in Ambala Jail for Gandhi's murder.
5/1/1997Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
2/20/1994Government makes the first appointment under 27\% reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central Services and Public Sector Undertaking.
5/4/1959Nehru rejects proposals that India and Pakistan resolve their differences and set up a common alliance against Communist China.
1/22/1886Harikrishna Premi, Hindi writer, passed away.
1/23/1976Gautam Buddha's lost city of Kapilavastu was found in an excavation.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
2/13/1969Subroto Tara Banerjee, cricketer (Indian quickie & Dennis Lillee protegee), was born in Patna.