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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 |
| 8/30/1773 | Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa. |
| 6/7/1965 | Ashutosh Kali, great revolutionary, passed away. |
| 7/8/1996 | U.N. says India is leading in HIV infections. |
| 3/18/1972 | First Indian Book Fair was organised by National Book Trust in New Delhi. |
| 8/1/1879 | Achyut Balwant Kolhatkar, famous litterateur and journalist, was born. |
| 2/1/1797 | Lord Cornwallis was sworn in as Governor General of India for a second time in England. However, he did not proceed to India till 1805. |
| 7/25/2000 | Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena Chief, courts arrest and the court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Boiwada, B. P. Kamble dismisses the case because of six-year delay in pursuing it after the FIR. |
| 7/5/1994 | Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award. |
| 8/26/1874 | Ishwar Sharan Munshi, politician and philosopher, was born. |
| 3/4/1927 | Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born. |
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