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Historical Event on 2/14/1989

Supreme Court orders Union Carbide Coporation of USA and Union Carbide India Limited to pay $470 millions (about Rs. 710 crores) in full and final settlement of all claims out of the Bhopal gas Disaster Litigation tragedy of 1985.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/23/1913Indian Muslim Conference passes resolution demanding immediate self-government.
4/28/1936Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
4/1/1989Shridhar Madhav Joshi (S. M. Joshi), great socialist leader, passed away.
5/31/1947Gandhiji declares that peace must precede partition, and he would not be party to India's vivisection.
3/25/1983Modern oceanographic research ship of the world 'Sagar Kanya' landed first time in the sea.
4/1/1930Government announced 15 yrs and 18 yrs as minimum marriageable age for girls and boys. This is presently remodified.
5/11/1985Fifteen hundred people were arrested in Sikh violence.
3/1/1908Tata Iron & Steel Company was the first steel company to be established in India.
2/27/1803Great fire in Bombay.
2/2/1978Mahakavi G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam poet, the first receipent of ""Gyanpeeth Puraskar (Award)"", and many other awards, passed away.