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Historical Event on 6/14/1985

M.C. Sharma was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 10-12-1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/19/1978Pankaj Mallik, famous Bengali music director and playback singer, passed away. He was the singer of the famous Hindi song ""Piya Milan Ko Jaana"".
2/18/1871Vithhalbhai Javherbhai Patel, great nation lover and veteran parliament member, was born.
11/14/1997N. V. N. Somu, Union Minister of State for Defence and president of The Hindu Office and National Press Employees Union from 1969, died in Army Helicopter crash at Tezpur in Arunachal Pradesh.
4/30/1936Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
1/10/1693Job Charnock, founder of Calcutta, died in the same city and he was laid to rest.
2/7/1954The present cres: the motto ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted. In 1989, Hindi lettering of ""Shastra Se Shakti"" was adopted.
8/30/1990Parliament unanimously passes the Prasar Bharati Bill.
4/1/1839Medical College Hospital in Calcutta having only 20 beds was opened for male patients .
7/31/1992Sitar maestro Pt. Ravishankar wins the Magsaysay Award.
3/22/1949SSC Examination system started.