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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
9/18/1803Second Anglo-Maratha war under Sir Arthur Wellesley resulted in a crushing defeat of the Marathas at Assaye. The British Christians captured Delhi and acquired control of large parts of India.
9/12/1994UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.
4/20/2000A full bench of the Madras High Court quashes the Tamil Nadu Government order making Tamil (or mother tongue) as the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools in the State up to Standard V.
11/10/1909Gandhiji replies to Tolstoy, sends his biography by Doke.
5/13/1967Dr. Zakhir Hussain became 3rd President of India. He was the first Muslim President of Indian Union. He held this position till August 24, 1969.
7/27/1914Kalpana Dutta, great freedom fighter, was born at Chatgaon. (27th July, 1914).
7/28/199712 persons are killed and 69 injured as New Delhi-bound Karnataka Express rams Himsagar Express at Old Faridabad station level-crossing in Haryana.
6/20/1948Lord Mountbatten resigns as the Governor General of Indian Union.
2/11/1977B.D.Jathi became the second acting President of India.
4/11/1984Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth which carried 3 cosmonauts including the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma, to Salyut 7.