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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.

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6/19/1877Pandurang Chimanaji Patil, famous agriculturist of Maharashtra, was born.
2/18/1992Sikh extremists murder 17 people in Punjab.
6/1/1964Nava Paisa, established in 1947, was renamed as 'Paisa'.
3/30/1993Air Time Committee Chief P.S. Deodhar and its members resign in protest against the implementation of the metro channel of Doordarshan.
4/12/2000Ban on LTTE for two more years from May 14, says the Union Home Minister L. K. Advani.
6/20/1873Young Men Christian Association of India was established in Calcutta.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
2/24/1957General Election ( 2nd) of India begins.