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Historical Event on 5/20/1976

Oil production started from Bombay High.

Other Historical Dates and Events
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4/29/1998The Reserve Bank reduces the bank rate by one point from 10 per cent in its monetary and credit policy for the first half of 1998- 99.
7/18/1996Union Finance Ministry gives final clearance to the Enron power project in terms of issuance of counter-guarantee.
11/16/1915Vishnu Ganesh Pingle, martyr, died.
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5/21/1994JKLF leader Mohammed Yasim Malik agrees to eschew violence provided the Centre guarantees a dialogue without pre-conditions.
10/10/1978Rohini Khadilkar, fifteen years old, became the first woman to win the national chess championship. Presently, she is the editor of a leading Marathi newspaper of Mumbai 'Nava Kaal'.
1/19/1985Dr. P. C. Alexander, principal secretary to the PM, quits following the arrest of three aides in an espionage case.