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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 |
5/28/1996 | BJP Govt. incapable of assembling a majority after two weeks. A left-wing coalition takes over headed by new prime minister H. D. Deve Gowda, Janata Dal leader and United Front coalition government. He held this office till 12 April 1997. |
10/1/1992 | Broadcasting of Zee TV started. |
12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
2/21/1990 | The Bombay Sappers join the club of the select few, who received colours from the President of India (21-2-90). |
10/11/1991 | BJP government in U.P. acquires the disputed Ayodhya land. |
9/8/2000 | Dr. Surinder K. Vasal, Indian maize breeder, and Dr. Evagelina Villegas, Mexican cereal chemist, jointly awarded the World Food Prize-2000 for their decades-long scientific quest to produce quality protein maize for developing countries. |
2/1/1910 | Jahangir Mohammed Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36), was born in Jallundar. |
2/6/1998 | V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
10/6/1999 | The DMK front is set to win a majority of LS seats in Tamil Nadu. |
5/23/1965 | Venkat Woorkeri Raman, cricketer (Indian slow left-arm all-rounder), was born. |
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