GK
INDIAN GEOGRAPHY
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Koyali, near Baroda
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Noonmati, Assam
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Haldia, near Kolkata
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Digboi, Assam
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Detailed explanation-1: -The small town of Digboi in the remote north eastern corner of the country is the birth place of the Oil Industry in India. Digboi Refinery, commissioned on 1901.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1889 oil first discovered in a place called borbeel in upper Assam and it was heard that first oil well was drilled. Later the place became known as Digboi . Digboi refinery was first commission in the year 1901.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was just found seeping out in dense jungles in Tinsukia district. Digging for oil was started in 1889 and the refinery set up in 1901 at Digboi.
Detailed explanation-4: -Digboi is known as the Oil City of Assam where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. The first refinery was started here as early as 1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation.