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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
5/20/1992Third developmental launch of ASLV. Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C). Launched by third developmental flight of ASLV-D3. This carried Gamma Ray astronomy and aeronomy payload.
4/7/1934Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience in India.
1/14/1959Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, emerges as leading choice for president in New Delhi.
9/20/1993First developmental launch of PSLV and Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1E) carried remote sensing payloads. Could not be placed in orbit.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
10/9/1945British troops occupy Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
3/1/1992Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away.
2/3/1916Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
11/10/1990Two Burmese youth hijack a Thai Airlines Airbus with 221 passengers on board to Calcutta.
9/3/1767Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore.