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Historical Event on 12/3/1984

3,000 people died and more than 50,000 people were badly affected when they inhaled poisonous toxic gas emission from the Union Carbide plant. This event is better known as ""the Bhopal Gas Tragedy"", the biggest industrial disaster that occured in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/28/1787Sir Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, was born.
8/8/1972Olympics open at Munich (26).
4/1/1994Five ministers resign from the Wilfred D'souza Government in Goa.
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
1/8/2000The Government reconstitutes the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Trust and retains Mrs. Sonia Gandhi as a trustee along with Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prof. Yashpal and Dr. Abid Hussain.
9/29/1996Water from Krishna river (AP) released for Madras.
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
1/22/1901Nirmal Kumar Bose was born.
4/13/1997Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.
10/26/1999India is re-elected to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).