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Historical Event on 2/14/1989

Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/7/1936Chandrakant Devtale, famous Hindi poet, was born.
12/20/1957Satyajit Ray's 'Pather Panchali' is declared the best film at the San Francisco Film Festival.
2/5/1992Ajit Singh elected 'real J.D.' President.
2/3/1998The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
9/30/2000Gen. S. Padmanabhan takes over as the new Chief of the Army Staff from Gen. V. P. Malik.
2/20/1999India and Pakistan signed a formal agreement for launching the Delhi-Lahore bus service.
4/7/1986Charles Sobhraj and his associate David Hall were nabbed at Mapusa in Goa.
5/26/1739Afghanistan was separated from the Indian empire as a result of a treaty signed between Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah.
7/22/1998Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Chief Minister, and BJP vice-president K. L. Sharma are fined Rs. 100 each for riding a motorcycle without helmet in New Delhi.
2/7/1975Banke Bihar, mystery and religious story writer, passed away.