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Historical Event on 9/17/1956
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.

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3/2/1997	Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
6/6/1962	General Election ( 3rd) of India ends.
9/7/1993	India and China sign border peace accord.
1/8/1968	The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended. Accordingly, a provision was made in Section 3 (4) of the Act of the effect that employees of the Union Government proficient either in Hindi or in English may carry out their work effectively and that their interests may no be adversely affected merely because they are not proficient in both the languages. According to Section 3 (5), it is necessary for bringing to an end the use of English language for the Official purposes of the union that resolutions to this effect are passed by the legislatures of the states (i.e. states where Hindi is not the Official Language) and after considring these resolutions, a resolution is passed by both the houses of the Parliament to put an end to the use of English language.
10/30/1947	The first Spitfires from the Advanced Flying School at Ambala reached Srinagar and were soon engaged in strafing the raiders beyond Pattan. Within a week, the Tempests of No. 7 Squadron were playing a decisive role in the battle of Shelatang which halted the forward momentum of the insurgents.
8/5/1994	Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key accused in 1993's Bombay blast case, was arrested.
1/18/1995	The 4-nation non-official initiative on Arms Reduction and Disarmament concludes with Goa Declaration (also called Shanghai-II).
4/28/1848	Utkal Gourab Madhusudan Das was born in Calcutta district in Orissa.
2/11/1818	Britishers captured the 'Ajinkyatara' fort which belonged to the Marathas.
10/30/1996	Former PM Narasimha Rao appears before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at the Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi, as an accused in the St. Kitts forgery case.

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Historical Event on 9/17/1956 Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.

Historical Event on 9/17/1956
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.