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  • The capital of Madhya Pradesh, India, in the west-central part of the state north-northwest of Nagpur. Founded in the early 18th century, it is an industrial and trade center. In 1984 a toxic gas leak at an insecticide plant killed more than 3,000 people.

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  • proper noun State capital of Madhya Pradesh (India).

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  • BHOPAL: Union Carbide submitted on Tuesday that its factory in Bhopal had adhered to the safety norms and denied the charge that the company had decided to shift the "plant in bad shape" prior to the 1984 tragedy.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • BHOPAL: Union Carbide submitted on Tuesday that its factory in Bhopal had adhered to the safety norms and denied the charge that the company had decided to shift the "plant in bad shape" prior to the 1984 tragedy.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • To find out more, visit www. dumpyourdow.org and www. bhopal.net 1984 to Now: The Ongoing Disaster in Bhopal In the early hours of December 3rd, 1984, an immense cloud of poisonous gas began spewing out of the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • BHOPAL: Union Carbide submitted on Tuesday that its factory in Bhopal had adhered to the safety norms and denied the charge that the company had decided to shift the "plant in bad shape" prior to the 1984 tragedy.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • BHOPAL: Hundreds of thousands of babies have been born in the years since a deadly gas billowed over Bhopal in 1984, but the survivors of that night say their children have been forever stunted by the tragedy.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indians still haunted by industrial accident 2009

  • BHOPAL - The Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal has commissioned a unique study to know the changes in behaviour of animals caused by solar eclipse.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

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  • BHOPAL: Hundreds of thousands of babies have been born in the years since a deadly gas billowed over Bhopal in 1984, but the survivors of that night say their children have been forever stunted by the tragedy.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indians still haunted by industrial accident 2009

  • BHOPAL: Hundreds of thousands of babies have been born in the years since a deadly gas billowed over Bhopal in 1984, but the survivors of that night say their children have been forever stunted by the tragedy.

    WN.com - Articles related to Indians still haunted by industrial accident 2009

  • BHOPAL: Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have written to Union Law Minister M. Veerappa

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

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