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Historical Event on 9/17/1956

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/29/1997Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visits India.
10/19/1997BSP withdraws support to Kalyan Singh government in UP because of its 'anti-Dalit' policies.
2/8/1936Jawaharlal Nehru elected president of Indian National Congress.
7/14/1999Arvind Dave is appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
4/18/1931Lord Willingdon took over as the Viceroy of India.
9/2/1993Vice Admiral V.S. Shekhawat appointed new naval chief.
9/26/1820Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Banerji), great Indian educationist, social reformer, litterateur, father of Bengali prose and who gave the Bengalees their first Primer in 1855, was born in the village of Birsingha in Midnapore district of Bengal.
8/7/1905Indian National Congress declared to boycott the British goods for the first time against Bengal partition, and also advocated to buy ' Swadeshi.
4/5/1614Indian princess Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
2/14/1925Mohan Dhariya, politician and nature lover, was born.