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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 |
| 2/8/1872 | Lord Mayo, Viceroy of India, was assassinated by prisoner Sher Ali during his visit to Andaman Islands. |
| 6/20/1994 | Anti-Pakistan slogans rent the air in Jammu & Kashmir against the killing of Quazi Nissar Ahmed, Mirwaiz of South Kashmir and a famous religious Kashmiri leader who was gunned down by Pak-aided terrorists. |
| 3/16/1924 | Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away. |
| 8/28/1997 | Jain Commission, chaired by Justice M.C. Jain, submits interim report on Rajiv Gandhi assassination. |
| 7/24/1991 | Industrial licensing scrapped. |
| 8/10/1993 | Narayan Keshav Upasni, famous educationist, passed away. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 7/5/1857 | Baigum Hazrat Mahal again attack on Lucknow. |
| 5/29/1991 | P.V. Narasimha Rao elected President of Congress (I). |
| 2/16/1994 | Military Museum established at Ahmadnagar. |
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