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Historical Event on 2/20/1976

Production of Crude Oil started from offshore Bombay High near Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/17/1974Ustad Gulam Sabir, famous Sarangi player, died at Kanpur.
4/9/1893Maha Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan, politician, professor and Hindi writer, was born at Pandaha, Azamgarh.
3/13/1991President R. Venkataraman dissolves the Lok Sabha.
7/8/1988More than 100 people were killed and several injured as Bangalore-Trivandrum Island Express fell into Ashtamudi lake at Perumon in Quilon district of Kerala.
2/17/1618First English Ambassador Sir Thomas Roe returned to England after meeting Emperor Jahangir in his court.
1/16/1681Sambhaji was crowned as the successor of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in a function held at Raigad Fort.
3/29/1970Union Government revises the percentage of reservation in service for SC\STs from 12.5\% to 15\%. Orders to be effective from 25 March.
1/11/1991Five JD ministers at the Centre disqualified by Speaker Rabi Ray on the basis of anti-defection law.Five disqualified ministers who tendered their resignation were asked to continue in office by the PM.
8/18/1923Jamshed Khudadaad Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India during the 1947-48 Australia tour, was born in Karachi.
8/1/1953All Private Airlines were nationalised by establishing of All Airlines India International.