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Bhopal
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Bho·pal  (b-päl)
A city of central India 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. Population: 1,430,000.
Bhopal [bəʊˈpɑːl]
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(Placename) a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 2000 people in 1984. Pop.: 1 062 771 (1991)
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Twenty-seven members of the US Congress on Wednesday appealed to Dow Chemicals to pay to clean up the site of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, India 25 years ago.
US lawmakers press Dow on Bhopal disaster by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition
Twenty-seven members of the US Congress on Wednesday appealed to Dow Chemicals to pay to clean up the site of the world's worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, India 25 years ago.
US lawmakers press Dow on Bhopal disaster by AFP / AFP American Edition
1984: More than 3,000 people died in a chemical factory spillage at Bhopal, India.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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