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Historical Event on 4/8/1985
India files suit against Union Carbide in New York for Bhopal gas disaster.
Other Historical Dates and Events |
8/1/1993 | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM, MVC, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1995. |
1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
12/12/1959 | Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener 1981-92), was born in Madras. |
2/13/1968 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee elected President of the All India Jan Sangha. |
12/4/1998 | Ilayaraja, nusic composer, selected for the Lata Mangeshkar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government. |
4/15/1980 | Six more private sector banks nationalized. |
5/16/1932 | Hundreds die in fighting between Muslims and Hindus at Bombay. |
1/1/1976 | Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started. |
4/24/1996 | SC holds that bank managers acting beyond their authority in allowing overdrafts and passing cheques would be amounted to committing misconduct. |
1/14/1761 | The third and last battle of Panipat, fought between the Marathas and the Afghan invader Ahmad Shah Abadli, started. The Marathas lost 28,000 soldiers and were virtually routed in North India thus ending the Maratha hegemony. |
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