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Historical Event on 8/18/1957

Tilak Raj was appointed the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed his office for four years till 6th September, 1961.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/17/1933Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims), was born.
7/27/199511 Cong-I and National Conference activists were gunned down in J&K after they were abducted from their homes.
5/16/1975Sikkim High Court was established at Gangtok for Sikkim territory.
4/4/1951West Germany establishes full diplomatic relations with India.
6/9/1997Portfolio changes were effected by I K Gujral in Union Cabinet.
11/20/1993RBI clears two more private banks: The Times Bank Ltd. and the Indus Ind Bank Ltd.
5/8/1996The governing Congress party is routed in Indian elections that have left no party with a clear mandate to govern.
1/3/1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.