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Historical Event on 2/20/1976

Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/10/1992P.Chidambaram,Union Minister, resigns owning responsibility for investing in 'Fairgrowth'.
10/30/1994India seeks Chinese support for Security Council membership.
10/30/1947The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.
1/20/1993Karnataka ministry expanded to include 27 more members; S.M. Krishna made Dy. CM.
9/23/1967P. S. Vaidya, great Indian ODI pace bowler (1995-96), was born.
3/24/1998G.M.C. Balayogi of the Telugu Desam is elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha as the candidate of the BJP-led Government.
9/22/1999India asks Pakistan to prevent the reported attempt by the JKLF to cross the Line of Control (LOC) on October 4.
5/11/1999Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.
4/1/1936Orissa state was formed as a province of British India separating from Bihar.
7/6/1935Dalai Lama, the 14th incarnate and religious leader of Tibet, was born. He was born to Tenzin Gyotso (His Holiness the VIVth Dalai Lama) in Taksten Village, Chhija Nangso, Tibet. He was awarded with Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989.