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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
9/20/1878Hindu"", an English weekly in Madras with G. S. Aiyer as its Editor, was first published with only 80 copies.
6/26/1955Poland and India affirm Panchsheel.
12/28/1921Prince of Wales inagurated Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta.
7/1/1879Post Card of one paisa was started in India by the Post and Telegraph Department.
10/15/1961Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', famous Hindi poet, writer, editor, social worker and litterateur, died in Allahabad.
11/18/1911Free primary school education is introduced.
2/14/16285th Mughal Emperor Shahjahan was crowned.
12/4/1993Mulayam Singh Yadav, takes over as CM of UP; Bhairon Singh Sekhawat of Congress sworn in as CM of Rajasthan.
11/30/1915Venkat Apparao Gurjad, famous Telgu poet, died.
11/30/1915Guru Angad, Sikh Guru, was born.