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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
3/17/19674th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.
1/17/1997Government rules out granting dual citizenship to NRIs.
2/19/1855U. V. Swaminathan Iyyer, mahamahopadhyay Tamil author, was born.
8/23/1933Mahatma Gandhi was released from government detention in the Poona Civil Hospital after doctors warned that his fast was endangering his life. Gandhi, who undertook the fast eight days ago in protest over being arrested again by British authorities, weighed 90 pounds at the time of his release. There was considerable speculation over what the nationalist leader would do upon regaining his strength, but the common assumption was that he would be arrested again by the British authorities if he resumed his civil disobedience.
7/1/1955Imperial Bank of India was inaugurated and was renamed as State Bank of India.
9/26/1932Gandhiji breaks fast on Indian government's acceptance of his demand regarding Harijans.
2/13/1993School collapses killing 21 pupils and 4 teachers.
12/4/1829Britain abolished ""sati"" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
9/21/1912Firoz Gandhi, great politician, was born.
3/10/1999Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.