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Historical Event on 9/17/1956

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/8/1910Saint Shri Gajanan Maharaj died.
9/1/1934Suniti Kumar Ghosh, cricket test umpire for two tests from 1988-89, was born in Bengal.
6/27/1995Environmentalist and 'Chipko' leader, Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna ends the 49-day old fast in demand for a scientific review of the controversial Tehri dam project in UP.
3/14/1997Veerendra Patil, 73, twice former Chief Minister of Karnataka, passed away.
2/12/1987Mahamayaprasad Sinha, former Chief Minister of Bihar, passed away.
6/13/1973Sir Ram Nath Chopra, great professor of Pharmacology of National Drug Research Institute of India, passed away.
6/13/1973The Sultan, losing his hold over the army and some members of his aristocracy, very wisely abdicated in favour of his brother Ahmad, who is famous in Deccan history as Ahmad Shah Wali.
1/31/1992LTTE Supremo, V. Prabhakaran, declared offender in Rajiv Gandhi murder case and ordered to surrender by a Madras court.
10/27/1999The Archbishop of Delhi rules out Pope John Paul II's dialogue with the VHP during his visit to India in November.
9/30/1963The USSR openly louded Indian view on Kashmir issue. This was against Pakistan's motives.