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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
1/10/1953Opening ceremony of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research held.
12/4/1977Ajit Agarkar, promising Indian ODI all-rounder, was born.
12/17/1914Syed Mushtaq Ali Takub Khan, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's, was born in Indore.
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
8/28/1972General Insurance Business was nationalised.
9/23/1965The Indian Army secured the Kashmir Valley and the only object left was to clean out the remnants of the Gibraltar Force. Under the guidance of United Nations, the cease-fire came into effect.
11/1/1973Lakshdeep Minikai and Amin Divi were renamed as Lakshadweep, and Masker (Mysore) state renamed as Karnataka.
11/1/1973ShahJahan, Mughal emperor of India, was born at Lahore.
1/2/1990Capt. Nivedita Bhasin, 26, becomes the youngest woman pilot in world civil aviation history to command a jet aircraft.
12/22/1994Sunil Gavaskar takes oath of office as the Sheriff of Bombay.