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Historical Event on 4/30/1992

Over 7 years after the gas disaster, a Bhopal court orders attachment of Carbide properties in India.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/1/1995This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Tolerance"".
12/5/1905Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was born in Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir.
10/27/1907Brahma Bandhav Upadhyay died.
8/30/1773Narayan Rao Peshwa was murdered by his uncle Raghunath Rao, also called Raghoba, who then proclaimed himself the Peshwa.
1/24/1997Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.
1/24/1952The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema.
1/16/1941Ashok Vajpai, veteran critic and Hindi poet, was born.
5/17/19764 Indians successfully skied down from the slope of Trishul peak.
6/1/1874East India Company was dissolved.
10/20/1962China mounted a massive attacked in N.E.E.F.A. and Ladakh borders. Chinese army pushed Indians back. The real test of IAF airlift capability came when open warfare erupted on the Sino-lndian border, while operating to the tricky helipads in the mountains, including the operation of C-119Gs from airstrips 17,000 ft (5180m) above sea level in the Karakoram Himalayas, and the air-lifting by An-12Bs of two troops of AMX-13 light tanks to Chushul in Ladakh, where the small airstrip was 15,000 ft (4570m) above sea level.