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Historical Event on 3/1/1978

Justice Y. Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the Chief Justice of India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/5/1658Aurangzeb arrested Murad.
10/15/1997Arundhati Roy (37), Delhi-based author wins Britain's most prestigious literary award 'Booker Prize' for her novel "The God of Small Things'
4/18/1959Premier Chou En-lai insists Tibetan Dalai Lama was abducted to India.
12/28/1981New Government led by the Congress (I) leader K. Karunakaran installed in Kerala.
2/11/1996Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba arrives in India for a week-long visit.
3/25/1963Yagyawalk Bharadwaj, famous botany scientist, passed away.
12/25/1943Japanese bombers raid Chittagong.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
2/14/1989Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.
7/18/1946U.K. Parliament approves British Cabinet mission report on India but Churchill says that the mission went too far in offering India independence outside of the Commonwealth.