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Historical Event on 2/19/1974

Bombay High Oil stock was found in the sea near Mumbai.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/4/1994Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.
9/17/1956Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established.
4/8/1997Delhi High Court quashes charges of corruption and criminal conspiracy against L.K. Advani (BJP President), and former Union Minister V.C. Shukla in the Jain hawala case.
4/8/1997Mahmud Gawan was appointed as Prime Minister, an office which he held till his execution.
9/28/1924In penance for riots, Gandhi, on hunger strike in Delhi, proclaimed he would break his fast only at death.
5/20/1991General Election (10th) of India begins.
7/11/1897Sibnath Banerjee, great social worker, freedom fighter and leader, was born in village Brahman Rangdia, Khulna district.
12/21/1903Bhalchandra Digambar Garware, famous industrailist, was born.
10/22/1764The Battle of Buxar was fought between armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and British East India Company led by Hector Munro.
1/12/1966Shiri Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (Kakasaheb), great freedom fighter, nationalist leader, social reformer, lawyer, prolific writer and politician, passed away.