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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 |
| 1/27/1927 | Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune. |
| 10/11/1993 | CBI files chargesheet against stock-broker Hiten Dalal and 3 others for defrauding Canbank Mutual Fund over Rs.102 crore. |
| 3/4/1895 | Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born. |
| 6/30/1914 | Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest during campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa. |
| 8/9/1911 | Khorshedji Rustomji Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), was born in Bombay. |
| 1/23/1920 | Air transportation began in India by two Royal Air Force planes between Karachi and Bombay, and Air Mail service started. |
| 9/10/1977 | The Planning Commission decides to introduce the Rolling Plan concept. |
| 9/12/1992 | Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years. |
| 5/4/1993 | Income Tax exemption limit raised to Rs.30,000; Customs duty on certain drugs reduced. |
| 11/3/1995 | Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim. |
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