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Historical Event on 7/3/1991

Kailash Sethi was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 22-07-1996.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/20/1928Narayan Guru ""Nanu"" of Kerala entered in maha Samadhi. His teachings are held in great reverence even today.
5/19/1991About 20 crore voters go to the polls in the first phase of election in 204 constituencies of the 10th Lok Sabha.
7/30/1987India says it will revive the 'Agni' IRBM programe.
2/7/1999Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble became the second only bowler in Test history after J.C. Laker (England) to take all ten wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the second Test in Delhi.
6/17/1903Jyotiprasad Agarwal, Assamia playwright, poet and music director, was born.
9/3/1905Kamlapati Tripathi, leader of Indian National Congess, was born.
4/18/1904Ramnath Goenka, president and founder of Indian Express Group, was born.
4/18/1904Sher Shah Sur died. He was fatally wounded in an explosion on Kalanjara fort while preparing for an attack. He introduced the new silver rupee-coin ""Rupiya"" based on ratio of 40 copper coin pieces (paisa) per rupee and built several roads including the longest road of India known as Grand Trunk Road (now Natioinal Highway-2).
10/26/1999Sonia Gandhi, Congress(I) president, visits cyclone-hit areas.
4/1/1855Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's first Bengali primer 'Varnaparichay' was published.