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Historical Event on 12/19/1984

2,500 killed in Bhopal gas tragedy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/23/1990Banarasi Das Gupta elected CM of Haryana following Om Prakash Chautala's resignation.
12/28/1990Following the war threat as the January 15 deadline set by UN for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait approaches, GOI advise Indians in Gulf to send back their families to India.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
1/26/1993Sub Lt. Rubi Singh of the Navy becomes the first woman in India to lead an armed force contingent in the Republic Day parade at New Delhi; British PM John Major attends as the first ever British head of Government as Chief Guest.
7/3/1997Tamil actor Sivaji Ganesan gets 1996 Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.
9/28/1985The first Indian Army expedition, sailing around the world in a small 37 feet fibre glass yacht named ""Trishna"", sailed off from Bombay. (10-1-87).
3/28/1984Bhausaheb Ranade, famous freedom fighter, passed away.
6/9/1909Baburao Arnalkar, famous detective story writer, was born.
1/28/1933India in Waldorf Hotel in London read out a four and a half page note in Cambridge.
2/23/1994India rebuts Pak charges on Kashmir in the 53-nation UN Commission on Human Rights.