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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
11/1/1966Punjab High Court was renamed as Punjab & Haryana High Court. This court was established in Chandigarh for Punjab, Haryana & Chandigarh territory.
3/4/1939Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia.
9/15/1993Election Commission announces polls in the former BJP-ruled states of UP, MP, HP, Rajasthan and in Delhi and Mizoram.
2/13/1994Dr. Krishnaprasad Mishra, 'Sahitya Academy Award' winner, Oria novelist and short story writer, passed away.
3/16/1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
10/15/1943Baba Kanshi Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer, passed away.
8/6/1992A 30-member JPC constituted to probe the security scam.
9/8/1887Swami Sivananda, (1887-1963), religious leader, Hindu universalist renaissance guru, author of 200 books and founder of Divine Life Society with 400 branches worldwide, was born in the quiet village of Pattamadai, District Tirunelveli.
2/15/2000K.R. Narayanan, President, presents Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1998 to B.R. Chopra for his contribution to Indian cinema.
3/23/1942Second World War was turning against the British and they needed the help of the Indians. So Prime Minister Churhill sent a delegation under Sir Stafford Cripps (Cripps Mission) to hold talks with the Indian leaders on the future of the subcontient in UK, which could not take place because of the non-cooperation movement and they left after a fortnight. They submitted their report in April 1942 which was rejected by the Congress and Muslim League.