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Historical Event on 1/24/1976
Burmah Shell, a private oil company, was nationalised and renamed as Bharat Refineries.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/15/1997 | Interest rate on domestic term deposits brought down from 10 to nine per cent by RBI. |
| 4/2/1948 | Communist leader S.A. Dange arrested in Bombay. |
| 5/23/1996 | In second phase of elections in Kashmir valley, Anantnag and Baramulla parliamentary constituencies go to the polls. |
| 5/2/1981 | Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the architect of modern Himachal Pradesh and an energetic Chief Minister, passed away. |
| 7/13/1916 | Ramkrishna Bakre (Tatya), veteran journalist and music critic, was born. |
| 10/27/1928 | Dattaji Krishnarao Gaekwad, father of Anshuman and batted in 11 Tests 1950's, was born in Baroda. |
| 9/15/1916 | Margaret Lockwood, film actress of 'Lady Vanishes' fame, was born in Karachi, India. |
| 10/31/1997 | Autonomous Prasar Bharati with enough muscle to get Government off its back is promised by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy, while announcing changes to Prasar Bharati Act in New Delhi. |
| 1/23/2000 | India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf. |
| 4/26/1946 | V. K. Ramaswamy, cricket test umpire for 10 tests from 1984-till date, was born at Hyderabad. He has become one of the first Indian Test umpires to be invited to umpire in a foreign country along with P. D. Reporter. |
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