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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
2/20/1976Iltutmish, father of Radiya Sultan, died in Delhi.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
12/12/1905Mulkraj Anand, Indo-Anglian novelist and critic of international repute, was born in Peshawar, Pakistan.
12/27/1996Mahashweta Devi, Bengali litterateur, win the Gyanpith Award.
12/19/2000A massive blaze guts Mehboob Studio, one of the oldest in Mumbai city.
12/24/1988Jaynendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist, died.
4/15/1946The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members Advance Base Depot, who laid down their lives to repulse several waves of Japanese attacks, was erected near a village named Kangla Tongbi at Mile 8 on the Imphal - Dimapur road. It was originally erected from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'
2/10/1846British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India.
2/10/1846Zahir Al-Din Muhammad Babur Shah, founder of Mughal dynasty, passed away at the age of 48 at Dhaulpur.