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Bhopal The capital city of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. On 3 December 1984 it was the scene of the worst industrial accident in history, when 45 tons of the toxic gas methyl isocyanate escaped from a plant owned by the US corporation Union Carbide. Probably 2,500 people died within twenty-four hours, while an estimated 50,000 or more victims suffered greater or lesser lung disease and other complications. Efforts by the Indian government to obtain adequate compensation for the victims because of Union Carbide's sub-standard safety levels were only partially successful, mainly because of the intricacies of the legal system in the USA, where the trials were held.
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Bhopal: A beautiful little boomtown ; Below the radar of the national media, Bhopal is industrialising rapidly and emerging as an increasingly important manufacturing hub.
Newspaper article from: Business Today; 9/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...from a Union Carbide factory traumatised Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh is becoming...Mandideep and Budhni, which surround Bhopal, are attracting thousands of crores of...Electricals, the power equipment maker whose Bhopal unit was set up in 1956, is the pioneer...
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Bhopal, India, cleanup may be a dirty trick.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 12/3/2004; 700+ words
; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 3--BHOPAL, India -- Here's a Rs 200-crore...up the toxic mess at Union Carbide's Bhopal plant? On Wednesday, the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas tragedy, Madhya Pradesh minister...
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Rathwa flags off Bhopal-Jabalpur Exp
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...Railways, Naranbhai Rathwa, flagged off the Bhopal-Jabalpur Express at the Bhopal railway station on Thursday. Rathwa said that...week it will go by Bina-Katni. He said that Bhopal division is one of the busiest divisions of the...
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Bhopal disaster changed handling of industrial risks; Indian tragedy redefined safety.(News)
Magazine article from: Business Insurance; 12/6/2004; ; 700+ words
; Byline: CAROLYN ALDRED BHOPAL, India-Twenty years ago this month...Corp. pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, in central India, killed more than...preparedness have improved because of Bhopal, there is no guarantee that a similar...
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Four new trains for Bhopal
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/4/2009; 569 words
; Bhopal, July. 04 -- The Railway Budget presented by Mamata Banerjee for...budget has attempted to reduce congestion on the three busy routes ie Bhopal-Lucknow, Bhopal-Ajmer and Bhopal-Gwalior in the 15th Railway Budget tabled in the...
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For robbers, new Bhopal a happy hunting ground
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/26/2006; 565 words
; ...DELHI, India, Nov 26 -- FOR YEARS, Bhopal enjoyed the reputation of being a safe...the State capital. Those living in new Bhopal areas are the worst affected as these...October-end, the number of loots in new Bhopal was more than double the figure in Old...
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San Francisco asks Dow to take responsibility for Bhopal survivors
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 4/30/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...issues that face the survivors of the Bhopal tragedy. The city will also observe December...industrial disaster of modern times, as Bhopal Remembrance Day. The resolution notes...activities and seminars regarding the Bhopal disaster, corporate accountability and...
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India deports Bhopal Princess from native city.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 10/19/2004; 700+ words
; ...Princess, granddaughter of the last Nawab of Bhopal, was bundled out of her native city by...grandfather was also Nawab Hamidullah Khan of Bhopal. The Hindustan Times website carried...ordeal in its Monday edition, datelined Bhopal: It will go down as one of the most ironic...
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RIGHTS-INDIA: PROTESTING BHOPAL SURVIVORS HIT WITH CIVIL SUIT
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 5/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...IPS) -- Rashida Bi, a survivor of the Bhopal gas leak, the world's worst industrial...being held. Back in India, meanwhile, the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karamchari Sangh (Bhopal Gas Affected Women's Stationery Workers...
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The movement in Bhopal and its lessons.
Magazine article from: Social Justice; 12/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...observer in the struggle of survivors of the Bhopal disaster, I wish to consider its successes...to confront other situations like the Bhopal disaster. Given the waves of liberalization...undeveloped" world, the recurrence of Bhopal is a real possibility and the lessons...
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Bhopal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bhopal , former principality, Madhya Pradesh state...famous stupa (3d cent. BC) at Sanchi. Bhopal was founded in the early 18th cent. and was ruled from 1844 to 1926 by the begums of Bhopal, famous women leaders. Although the population...
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First Brands Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...accidental gas leak at a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, on December 3, 1984. The disaster...for a restructuring. The disaster in Bhopal was the critical event that caused Union...concentrate on its core operations. The Bhopal incident caused a flood of lawsuits charging...
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Disasters: Chemical Accidents and Spills
Book article from: Pollution A to Z
...at Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. While most people slept, a...Congressional hearings that followed the Bhopal accident revealed that U.S. companies...accident such as the one that occurred at Bhopal could happen in the United States. The...
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Madhya Pradesh
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...and the Ganges plain. The capital is Bhopal . One of the largest states in India...chemical and electrical industries at Bhopal. The state is rich in minerals; manganese...Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal. That area was decreased significantly...
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chemical industry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The leakage of toxic chemicals at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal , India (1984), was the worst industrial disaster in history...International Chemical Industry (1984); W. Morehouse, The Bhopal Tragedy (1986); F. Aftalion, A History of the International...
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