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Historical Event on 9/17/1956
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/27/1703 | More than 8,000 people died in a cyclone in England. |
| 9/27/1703 | Saint Namdev passed away. |
| 7/20/1916 | Habibur Rehman Ebrahim Chowdhary, cricket Test Umpire for 4 tests from 1959-64, was born at Mumbai. |
| 11/14/1998 | Prominent Indian Government and private entities are targeted in the Clinton Administration Entities List. American Companies are barred from trading with the listed companies. |
| 11/18/1991 | In the by-elections, Congress gets 8 Lok Sabha seats and suffers rout in UP assembly, while BJP gets absolute majority. |
| 2/3/1760 | Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir. |
| 1/8/1895 | Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra. |
| 1/26/1960 | More medals for armed forces were instituted including the Vishisht Seva Medal (in the classes), Sainya Seva Medal, Videsh Seva Medal and Sena, Nao Sena and Vayu Sena Medals. |
| 11/16/1860 | First group of Indian worker's reached Natal, South Africa. |
| 4/1/1994 | Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa. |
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