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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
4/10/1937Shridhar Vyanktesh Ketkar, creator of Maharashtra Gyankosh and Sociologist, passed away.
7/14/1963Swami Shivanand Saraswati, religious leader, passed away.
7/13/1998The Government is prevented from tabling the Women's Reservation Bill.
1/23/1997Statue of Subhash Bose unveiled inside Parliament House.
9/9/1949Hindi was accepted as the national language of India.
10/16/1905Bengal was partitioned by Lord Curzon on the pretext of it being too big to administer. Instead of dividing it on the basis of non-Bengali areas, the division was on the basis of Hindus and Muslims. Britishers thought that would succeed in increasing Hindu - Muslim tensions. The tremor of partition was felt throughout India and was regarded as an insult and challenge to Indian Nationalism. A movement was launched by the moderates. New method of protests 'Swadeshi and Swaraj' became the slogan of the common man and the whole of India was drawn into the national movement.
4/11/1999Tamil Nadu men, Railways women emerged National Volleyball League champions in Triprayar.
5/30/1867Maulana Mohammad Kasim Nanantavi established the famous Islamic educational centre 'Dar- Ul -Ulum' in Devkampa, Uttar Pradesh.
12/14/1984First MIG 27M aircraft assembled by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. takes off.
5/11/1999Centre removes the West Bengal Governor A. R. Kidwai. The Arunachal Pradesh Governor Mata Prasad had also been asked to step down.