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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
6/4/1992Stock broker Harshad Mehta and his associates arrested.
8/16/1933Mahatma Gandhi goes on fast for being denied to continue the anti-untouchability propaganda.
4/12/1871Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born.
1/5/1893Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952), universalist Hindu, great saint, social reformer, writer and litterateur was born at Gorakhpur. He was the renaissance founder of Self Realization Fellowship (1925) in US, author of famed 'Autobiography of a Yogi' (1946), popular book globalizing India's spiritual traditions.
11/24/1988Mizoram became the first Lok Sabha member.
10/31/1999Efforts to restore rail and telecom links on a war footing.
3/19/1936Satydev Dubey, stage artist, was born.
2/20/1846Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
5/9/1981Durga Bai Deshmukh passed away at Hyderabad. She was a social reformer, freedom fighter, planner, administrator, educationist and parliamentarian. She worked for peace, social welfare and for betterment of the downtrodden.
5/8/1990Paul Mantosh and Joss Fernandes take oath as nominated Anglo-Indian members in Lok Sabha.