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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
5/1/1922Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra.
9/23/1999India rejects Pakistan's proposal for an international conference on arms control.
9/30/1894Rangnath Ramchandra Diwakar, Gandhian leader, was born.
7/22/1993Swiss Justice ministry reveals that Hindujas, Quatrocchi and Win Chadha are among the seven appellants fighting to prevent the transfer of Bofors pay off names to India.
8/10/1894Varahagiri Venkata Giri, the fourth former President of India, was born at Berhampur in Orissa. He was one of the patriarchs of Trade Union Movement of India.
5/3/1927Riots between Sikhs and Muslims in Lahore claims 14 lives and leaves 100 injured.
4/27/1919Ustad Allarakha Khan, great Tabla player, was born.
1/6/1996CBI identifies two key figures - Satyanarayana Gauda and Daya Manikam Anand - in Purulia arms drop case.
5/22/1997At least 40 persons are killed and over 300 injured in an earthquake which hit Jabalpur city.
11/5/1892John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, biologist, was born at Oxford.