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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
10/17/1999Chiranjeev Milkha Singh won the Lexus International Golf tournament in Bangkok.
11/1/2000T. R. Prasad was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He holds this office till date.
6/23/1980Sanjay Gandhi, great Indian politician and younger son of Indira Gandhi, died in a plane crash. He was recently appointed as the General Secretary of the AICC (I).
5/19/1980T. N. Raina, former General of India, passed away.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
6/1/1933Fortnightly 'Bal Sanmitra' was published.
12/27/1926Imperial Airways announces the first scheduled air service to India from New Year in UK.
1/9/1993An Indian Airlines TU-154 plane crash lands in Delhi, all the 165 on board escape; Civil Aviation Minister Scindia resigns; PM cancels Dhaka visit; SAARC summit put off.
7/15/1969Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh, Padma Vibhushan, DFC. retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. After retirement he was appointed as the Ambassador in Switzerland.
2/3/1977Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.