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Historical Event on 12/3/1999

Bhopal gas victims take out rallies to mark the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/12/1948Gandhiji decides to fast for communal peace in Delhi for communal riots which broke between Hindus and Muslims at Calcutta. Mountbatten fails to dissuade Gandhiji.
11/3/1995Sheila Kaul becomes Governor of Himachal Pradesh, P. Shivshankar of Kerala and V Reghunath Reddy takes additional charge of Sikkim.
1/31/1986Shri Vishwanath More, famous music director, passed away.
3/3/1839Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata, famous industrialist and father of modern technology, was born at Navsari near Surat, Gujarat. He started cotton mills in Bombay and Nagpur and founded the Tata Iron and Steel Company, which is one of the largest integrated steel mills in the world.
1/18/1982Six thousand labor activists arrested in two days and national strike called in New Delhi.
12/15/1908Swami Ranga Natahananda, was born at Trikkur, Kerala.
2/14/1914Vinaya Kumar Parashar, journalist and social worker, was born at Hemgir, M.P.
3/8/1930Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.
3/29/1914Mother of Sri Aurobindo Ashram came in India.
10/5/1997Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to become an astronaut. (year 1997 or Oct. 5, 1998)