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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 |
| 6/10/1832 | Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India), was born. |
| 12/17/1933 | Lala Amarnath scores a century (118) in his Test Cricket debut. |
| 8/20/1974 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed elected President of India with B. D. Jatti as Vice President. |
| 9/24/1829 | Anandram Dhekial Fukan, father of modern Assamia poetry and essay writer, was born. |
| 12/14/1953 | Vijay Amritraj, great Indian tennis player and actor (Octopussy), was born. |
| 6/24/1763 | Murshidabad was captured by the East India Company under Major Adams for the second time, and Mir Jaffar was declared the King. |
| 1/14/1938 | Belur Math, new temple, was consecrated in Calcutta. |
| 10/10/1964 | Olympics opened at Tokyo |
| 9/30/1992 | Laurie Baker wins Rs. 25 lakh UN World Habitat award. |
| 1/3/1997 | Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha. |
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