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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
7/20/1903British to increase size of Royal Army in India.
6/1/1993Premkumar Sharma, MLA of Bhartiya Janata Party, was assassinated.
7/16/1996The four basin states of Narmada valley - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra - reach agreement to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat to 436' after which hydrological studies will be done for 5 years to decide whether the height should be raised to the awarded 455'.
7/16/1996Property Tax was passed.
11/11/1958Inauguration of 'Indian', first one in Indian Explosive Ltd's factory at Gomia.
3/26/1996Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar announces retirement from international cricket.
10/18/1993Mandakini Athvale, first child actor of Indian film industry, died.
12/23/1998Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna, the country's biggest honour.
3/2/1997Bangalore's Dr. B. V. Ravi Kumar develops India's first indigenously made HIV detection kit.
11/5/1929Narottam Morarjee, great social reformer and the architect of the modern Indian Shipping, died.