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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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2/10/1931	Capital of India shifted from Old Delhi to New Delhi, formal inauguration of New Delhi City took place.
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1/1/1995	N.D.Tiwari steps down as president of UP Congress committee.
1/25/1880	Brahmo Samaj of modernisation and fraternity amongst religions Nababidhan Keshab Chandra Sen introduced.
2/2/1930	Vasudev Govind Apte, editor and dictrionay creator, passed away.
7/23/1898	Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, well known Bangla novelist, was born.
7/11/1998	The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.
1/10/1908	Gandhiji adopts word, ""Satyagraha"" in place of ""Passive Resistance"". Sentenced to two months' imprisonment for failure to leave Transvaal.
1/31/1995	ISRO and Intelsat sign a $100 m 10-year-long agreement for leasing some of the capacity of the Indian-built INSAT-2E (scheduled for launch in 1997).
12/1/1989	V. P. Singh is named the new prime minister.

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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.

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.