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Historical Event on 7/23/1996

R. Bhattacharji was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He is heading this office till date.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/14/1957Children's Day.
11/14/1957Guru Amardasji passed away.
5/1/1983Amravati University established.
3/21/1979The Cytology Research Centre was set up at New Delhi (renamed as the Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology in 1988).
4/30/1947The entire nation is stirred by religious strife.
1/15/1988Kiran More stumps five West Indian batsman at Chidambaram Stadium in Madras thus creating a world Test record.
1/3/1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
1/2/1960Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87), was born in Meerut.
8/12/1991Parliament passes the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (prevention) amendment bill.
11/1/1996Three national parties (Indira Congress, Janata Party and Samata Party) to lose their recognition as national parties as they failed to get the minimum required support in the general election to the 11th Lok Sabha.