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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
12/20/1866Panchkadi Banerjee, famous journalist and editor, was born.
7/7/1901J. Watsan Harod started a branch of Gramophone Company at Calcutta.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
6/23/1942Jabbar Patel, film producer, was born.
8/30/1993LPG, Petrol dealers get higher commission.
6/10/194277 Mountain Brigade was raised at Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.
6/16/1893Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, social worker and industrialist, was born at Athikkadu Thekkur in Tamil Nadu.
12/14/1812Lord Charles Caning, Governor General and Viceroy of India (1856-1862), was born.
2/20/1846Duleep Singh was recognised as the ruler. British captured Lahore.
7/15/1783Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, great Indian Merchant, Industrialist and philanthrophist, was born in Bombay. He aided famine relief, financed public works like wells, roads, causeways and bridges; founded dispensaries and hospitals; established educational institutions and scholarship funds; etc. He was receipent of a Knighthood and many medals.