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Historical Event on 12/17/1987

Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/24/1992Karnataka High Court stays government order granting permission to open nine private engineering colleges.
4/19/1996AIDS deleted from the list of contagious diseases in the Railway Act of 1989.
11/17/1947Rajendra Prasad elected the President of Indian National Congress.
10/27/1937Abdul Karim Khan, famous singer of 'Kirana Gharana', died.
4/21/1992UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visits New Delhi.
9/25/1899Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.
9/11/1893Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of the World's Religions, the first ever inter-faith gathering, dramatically enlightening Western opinion to the depth of Hindu philosophy and culture. He spoke for the first time in Chicago.
11/18/1961The Navy went into action under the command of Rear Admiral BS Soman, then Flag Officer Commanding, Indian Fleet. The ships conducted their mission in three geographical areas for liberating Goa .
4/15/1980Six more private sector banks nationalized.
12/24/1984Eigth General Elections of India began .