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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
12/31/1995Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, Indian Air Force. He was in this office till 31/Dec/1998.
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
4/13/1963Babu Gulab Rai, famous hindi critic, passed away.
2/5/1919Sitaram Kesri, veteran Congress leader, was born.
5/6/1971D. Sen became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 29/03/77).
1/8/1992D. P. Sahastrabuddhe 'Anand', editor of monthly magzine, passed away.
1/8/1992Sikh Guru Amardasji, great social worker and teacher, was born at Basare village near Amritsar district.
3/11/1992Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff, daughter of Netaji, declines to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' conferred on her father.
3/20/1920Usha Mehta, freedom fighter, was born at Satara. Her name is closely attached with freedom movement via Bombay Radio, as she and Babubhai Prasad and Vitthalbhai Zaveri founded this Radio and started motivating people of India with their telecasts.
4/14/1962Sir Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya, father of modern engineering, passed away at the age of 102. He was receipent of ""Bharat Ratna"" Award.