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Historical Event on 12/13/1984

The death toll in a toxic gas leak from an insecticide plant in Bhopal, India, now is estimated at 2,100, and tens of thousands of residents fled the city today after it was announced that the Union Carbide plant would be started up again to neutralize the effect.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/26/1995SAARC decides to launch South Asia Preferential Trade Area (SAPTA).
7/29/1984Troops were sent to Hyderabad to quell communal riots.
11/20/1917Ram Gopal, great Indies /English classical dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), was born.
10/27/1992Veerappa Moily, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, resigned from Bangarappa Government in Karnataka.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
1/11/1991Ravi Naik of Maharashtra Gomanthak party sworn in as the CM of Goa.
4/10/1982Mahatma Gandhi Road Bridge at Patna started by Indira Gandhi.
4/2/1902Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Bade was born.
11/20/1990Mulayam Singh Yadav's JD (S) ministry wins a confidence motion (224-146) with the help of Congress (I) in Uttar Pradesh.
7/31/1991Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC., retired as the Air Officer Commanding, India Command.