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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
6/21/1930Five hundred were hurt as police charged Bombay mob.
6/23/1990Harindranath Chatopadhyay, famous poet, actor and former member of Parliament, passed away.
10/26/1930Dr. Waldemar Modecal Haffkine, famous scientist, bacteriologist and professor, died in Paris. He had invented the Cholera vaccine in 1893 and a vaccine for Plague in 1897 at the Grant Medical College, Bombay.
1/10/1953Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.
2/2/1964Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, social reformer and freedom fighter, passed away.
2/2/1964Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
7/26/1891Rajendralal Mitra (Raja), famous Bengali ancient researcher, passed away.
1/10/1955The Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were equipped with the HAL-designed HT-2 trainer - officially introduced into service.
1/2/1979Gavaskar gets twin tons for India for the third time (vs West Indies).
9/24/1914Janardan Swami was born.