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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
5/31/1988Dwarika Prasad Mishra, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, passed away.
10/14/1985Assam Ganparishad established.
7/17/1987V. P. Singh announces resignation from Congress; R. Venkataraman elected President of India.
9/10/1999Sonia Gandhi files her nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
3/2/1994Autonomous Hill Council for Leh set up.
7/21/1993Jayalalitha ends fast, Centre to set up a committee; Karnataka rejects the proposal.
11/1/2000Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports, releases the CBI report on match-fixing in New Delhi.
1/25/1999Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist, among the 14 distinguished personalities chosen for Padma Vibhushan. Sachin Tendulkar and Ruskin Bond get Padma Shri.
4/6/1998India resumes export of marine products to the European Union; 25 units have been approved by the Export Inspection Council for exporting to EU countries.
1/2/1987Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab, great industrialist, leader and former Chief Minister of Orissa, died.