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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
4/14/1907P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.
7/19/1969Indian Government nationalised 14 major commercial banks of India by Presidental ordinance.
1/8/1981India all out for 63 runs in one-day international vs Australia.
1/26/1882Telephone line started working between Mumbai and Calcutta.
7/12/1980Congress (I) gets absolute majority in Rajya Sabha.
8/4/1997Maharashtra govt. decides against banning Arun Shourie's book ''Worshipping False Gods'' on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
3/12/1991Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray admits to an Opposition-sponsored motion for removal of the Supreme Court Judge V. Ramaswamy for alleged misappropriation of public funds, and sets up a three-Judge committee to investigate.
1/25/1989Motilal Vora sworn in as CM of Madhya Pradesh.
2/18/1974Daniel Moynihan, US ambassador to India, presents $2,046,700,000 cheque.
11/6/1905Ram Bachan 'Aravind' Dwivedi, great Hindi, Bhojpuri poet and writer, was born at Dubouli, Bihar.