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Historical Event on 9/17/1956

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/1/1962Metric weights became compulsory as New Weights and Measurements Metric system was intoduced by Indian Government.
9/7/1993India and China sign border peace accord.
8/15/1993Five more Doordarshan channels launched.
5/21/1999A powerful bomb explodes and another is defused on the road leading to the Imphal airport minutes before the Prime Minister landed to commence his two-day visit to the State.
11/3/1999Harkishan Singh Surjeet donates property share to his party CPI(M).
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
1/7/1994The whole nation pays homage to Kanchi's beloved 'peripatetic tapasvin sage', Shri Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, who died on this date during his 100th year.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
2/23/1993Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin.
3/19/1962Raja Kelkar Museum, which belonged to Dinkar Gangadhar Kelkar, was opened for the people.