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Historical Event on 12/10/1985

A. M. Prasad was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 30-04-1987.

Other Historical Dates and Events
8/26/1947Nawab of Bhopal announced accession of the Bhopal state to the Indian Dominion.
4/15/1948Purushottamdas Tandon was honoured with the title of 'Rajashri' at a huge rally by Devaraha Baba. He was awarded the Prestigious 'Bharat Ratna' award.
1/11/1955Production of Newsprint paper factory started for the first time in India.
8/20/1917Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.
3/24/2000Rupali Repale of India becomes the first woman and the youngest to swim the Robben Island channel-both ways.
9/18/1990Devkumar, famous Hindi film actor, died.
11/9/1897Kotamaraju Rama Rao, founder-editor of Lucknow's ""National Herald"", was born at Chirala. He was referred by Gandhiji as 'Fighting Edit
4/15/1950Acharya Vinoba Bhave requested to the villagers of Panchampalli Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to give 80 acres of land, and with this he had started his 'Bhudan Andolan'.
5/6/1952Dr. Rajendra Prasad re-elected the President of India ""Rashtrapati"" after the first Presidential election held under the Indian constitution.
7/7/1995Rajan Pillai, 47, died because of denial of timely medical attention by Tihar jail authorities and also within 24 hours of rejection of his plea for medical treatment at Escorts Hospital by the court.