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Historical Event on 4/15/1992

Union Carbide decides to sell its holdings in India to raise upto $ 17 million for a hospital in Bhopal.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/8/1985P. K. Kaul was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 22-08-1986.
4/19/1998Kottayam in Kerala becomes the first district in India to complete computerisation of the talluk offices connecting them with the district headquarters.
6/22/1959Iyengar Kasturi Srinivas, great politician and journalist, passed away.
5/4/1957Rai Chaudhary Hemchandra, great historian, passed away.
12/31/1998Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He is the 18th Air Chief Marshal.
1/27/1989M. Karunanidhi sworn in as DMK CM in Tamil Nadu.
1/4/1889Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born.
6/23/1987D. Chakraborty was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 02-07-1991.
1/1/1980This decade was announced to be observed as the ""International Decade of Water & Sanitation"".
8/2/1858British parliament passed the act to handover the administration of India to British Government from East India Company. After the occasion, the Supreme British ruler in India was called as 'Viceroy'.