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Historical Event on 9/1/1977

M. L. Wadhawan was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-09-1979.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/18/1867Ganganendranath Tagore, great painter, patriot and artist, was born in Calcutta.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
9/9/1981Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricketer (two Tests for India, 29 runs & 0/13), died.
3/12/1942British troops vacate the Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
5/17/19764 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
6/19/1931Nandini Satpathy, politician, was born at Cuttack in Orissa.
11/22/1999V. S. Rama Devi and Vishnu Kant Shastri appointed the new Governors of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
10/5/1989Meerasahib Fatima Beevi, former High Court judge from Kerala, was named the first woman judge of the Supreme Court.
7/21/1995Sajjad Husain, famous film music director, passed away.
9/21/1857Bahadurshah Jafar - II surrendered against the British troops.