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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
3/22/199957 prisoners in Indian and Pakistan jails are repatriated to their respective motherlands at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost on the border in Amristar district.
4/24/1965Kosi Barrage inaugurated by King Mahendra of Nepal.
1/16/2000Punjab men, Railway women win the Senior National Volleyball championship in Salem.
7/29/1994Opposition stalls parliament proceedings over the 'Action Taken Report' on JPC finding.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.
8/10/1758Marathas won the Atak.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.
1/3/1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
12/22/1999CPI (M) is against India signing the CTBT.
3/19/1998E.M.S. Namboodiripad, veteran communist leader of CPM and Kerala's first Chief Minister, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 88.