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Historical Event on 9/17/1956

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/12/1871Charles Freer Andrews, great social worker, humanitarian, leader and a true friend of India, was born in New-Castle-on-Tyne in U.K.
8/26/1949Social Democratic Party led by K. T. Shah formed.
2/17/1976New Zealand score their first innings win in Tests vs India.
6/25/1992BJP bags eleven seats in the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, Congress (I) secures seven.
1/12/1993Ramakanth Rath, well-known Oriya poet, gets the Saraswathi Samman of Rs.3 lakh.
2/23/1993Jnanpith Award was given to Sitakant Mahapatra (Oriya).
2/6/1992The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
7/5/1992Bahadur Prasad at London sets record for 3000m in 7.56.74.
7/5/1994Kiran Bedi, Delhi IG, wins Magsaysay Award.