BHOPAL

bōˈpäl, former principality, Madhya Pradesh state, central India. A region of rolling downs and thickly forested hills, it is predominantly agricultural. Its Buddhist monuments include the famous stupa (3d cent. b.c.) at Sanchi. Bhopal was founded in the early 18th cent. and was ruled from 1844 to 1926 by the begums of Bhopal, famous women leaders. Although the population was mainly Hindu, the princely family was Muslim. Bhopal became part of the state of Madhya Pradesh in 1956.

The city of Bhopal (1991 pop. 1,062,771), the former capital of the principality and now the capital of Madhya Pradesh, was founded in 1728. It is a trade center with manufactures of cotton cloth, jewelry, electrical goods, and chemicals. In Dec., 1984, a cloud of methyl isocynate gas escaped from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. More than 6,400 died (many from the effects several years after the disaster) and 30,000–40,000 were seriously injured in the world's worst chemical disaster. The Indian government sued on behalf of over 500,000 victims and in 1989 settled for $470 million in damages and exempted company employees from criminal prosecution. The Indian judiciary rejected that exemption in 1991, and the company's Indian assets were seized (1992) after its officials failed to appear to face charges.

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Learning from Disaster: Risk Management after Bhopal
Book by Sheila Jasanoff; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994
Subjects: Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984, Technology And State, Technology--Risk Assessment, Technology--Social Aspects
15. Bhushan and Subramaniam, "Catastrophe at Bhopal," p. 67. 16. Lepkowski, "Bhopal," p. 26. 17. "Compensation for Bhopal," editorial, Washington Post , reprinted in International Herald Tribune...
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Shared Vulnerability: The Media and American Perceptions of the Bhopal Disaster
Book by Lee Wilkins; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Public Opinion, Disasters--Press Coverage--United States, Fiction, Public Opinion--United States
Reuters stories had a primary focus on events in Bhopal while an additional 29.5 percent of the Reuters pieces used events in Bhopal as a secondary focus. Bhopal itself was mentioned tangentially in 15.9 percent of the Reuters...
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Connecting Children: Care and Family Life in Later Childhood
Book by Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall, Kalwant Bhopal; Routledge/Falmer, 2000
Subjects: Brothers And Sisters, Children--Family Relationships, Grandparent And Child, Parent And Child
...Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall Kalwant Bhopal The right of Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall Kalwant Bhopal to be identified as the Authors of this...Julia Brannen, Ellen Heptinstall Kalwant Bhopal. p. cm. 1. Children-Family relationships...
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Perspectives of Mutual Encounters in South Asian History, 1760-1860
Book by Jamal Malik; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Europe--Foreign Relations--South Asia--Congresses, South Asia--Foreign Relations--Europe--Congresses, South Asia--History--18th Century--Congresses, South Asia--History--19th Century--Congresses
...MUSLIM CO-OPERATION AND ISLAMIC REFORMISM IN BHOPAL CLAUDIA PRECKEL The Islamic principality of Bhopal held an extraordinary position among the so...Four remark- able women reigned the state of Bhopal for more than a century: 1. Qudsiyya Begum...
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Bad Tidings: Communication and Catastrophe
Book by Lee Wilkins, Tim Walters, Lynne Masel Walters; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989
Subjects: Broadcast journalism--Political aspects--United States--Case studies, Disasters--Press coverage--United States--Case studies, Mass media--United States--Psychological aspects--Case studies, Television broadcasting of news--Social aspects--United States--Case studies
covered Bhopal as the story of Union Carbides survival...published vivid descriptions of activity in Bhopal and spent a significant amount of space...set of facts, the magazines connected Bhopal more directly to some of the larger issues...
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Crimes of Bhopal and the Global Campaign for Justice
Journal article by Satinath Sarangi; Social Justice, Vol. 29, 2002
Subjects: Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--Environmental aspects, Bhopal, India, Union Carbide Plant Disaster, 1984--Political aspects, Chemical industry--Environmental aspects, Chemical industry--Political aspects, Criminal liability of juristic persons, Union Carbide Corp.--Environmental policy, Union Carbide Corp.--Social policy, Workplace accidents--Political aspects
Crimes of Bhopal and the global campaign for justice...AT THE UNION Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, left a half million people surrounded...report of the Fact Finding Mission on Bhopal (1999) shows that the poisons in the...
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The Movement in Bhopal and Its Lessons
Journal article by Satinath Sarangi; Social Justice, Vol. 23, 1996
Subjects: Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Environmental aspects, Environmental associations--Political activity
The movement in Bhopal and its lessons. by Satinath Sarangi...observer in the struggle of survivors of the Bhopal disaster, I wish to consider its successes...to confront other situations like the Bhopal disaster. Given the waves of liberalization...
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Developing Corporate Codes of Ethics in Multinational Firms: Bhopal Revisited
Journal article by Chris Robertson, Paul A. Fadil; Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 10, 1998
Subjects: Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984--Analysis, Business ethics--Research, International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects
...codes of ethics in multinational firms: Bhopal revisited. by Chris Robertson , Paul...chemical plant located in the heart of Bhopal, India. Around midnight, a leak in...could have helped minimize the harm in the Bhopal incident. The Bhopal example is employed...
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Bhopal Revisited: the View from Below
Journal article by Amrita Basu; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 26, 1994
Subjects: Asia
The Riot The riot in Bhopal beginning on 7 December was a direct...MP had experienced riots in the past, Bhopal had always been considered a model of...gathered on the large thoroughfares of Bhopal to express their anger and grief at events...
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The Bhopal Incident and Union Carbide: Ramifications of an Industrial Accident
Journal article by Ashok Bhargava; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 18, 1986
Subjects: Asia
...this was operational for the citizens of Bhopal. 21 The lack of a disaster management...and disaster management practices at the Bhopal plant by a company that claims public...with UCIL. The plans for the plant at Bhopal had the approval of UCC, and it is clear...
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To Union Carbide, Life Is Cheap: Bhopal - Ten Years Later
Magazine article by Joshua Karliner; The Nation, Vol. 259, December 12, 1994
Subjects: Bhopal, India--Accidents, Chemical industry--Accidents, Union Carbide Corp.--Accidents
To Union Carbide, Life Is Cheap: Bhopal - Ten Years Later. by Joshua Karliner...across the street, a casual visitor to Bhopal would never know that it was the site...isocyanate (MIC) gas into the slums of Bhopal, killing, according to recent government...
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Bhopal's Toxic Legacy: Twenty-Six Years after the Release of a Huge Cloud of Toxic Gas from the Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal Killed Thousands of People and Affected Hundreds of Thousands More, Those Living in the Vicinity of the Abandoned Plant Continue to Die from Chronic Illnesses
Magazine article by Jack Laurenson; Geographical, Vol. 83, March 2011
Subjects: Bhopal, India--Environmental aspects, Chemical industry--Accidents, Chemical industry--Environmental aspects, Herbicides--Accidents, Herbicides--Environmental aspects, Methyl isocyanate--Environmental aspects, Methyl isocyanate--Health aspects, Pesticides industry--Accidents, Pesticides industry--Environmental aspects
...Gas from the Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal Killed Thousands of People and Affected...when she was born. She was living in Bhopal on the December night in 1984 when an...just outside the Union Carbide complex in Bhopal. Our men are too sick to work regularly...
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The Blood of Bhopal
Magazine article by Tim Edwards; New Internationalist, January 2008
Subjects: Bhopal, India--Environmental aspects, Chemical industry--Waste management, Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan)--Waste management, Herbicides--Waste management, Pesticides industry--Waste management, Union Carbide Corp.--Waste management
The Blood of Bhopal. by Tim Edwards RELEVANT RIGHTS: Article...resulting from Union Carbides business in Bhopal, India, stem from the release of 27...International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal stopped a deal between Dow and Indian...
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A Step to Bhopal Justice
Magazine article; Multinational Monitor, Vol. 24, July 2003
Subjects: Bhopal India, Extradition, Gas leaks, Public officials
A Step to Bhopal Justice THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IN JULY...for his role in the 1984 gas disaster in Bhopal that has claimed more than 20,000 lives...says Rashida Bee, president of the Bhopal Gas-Affected Women Stationery Workers...
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Bhopal Refuses to Flip the Page: After More Than 17 Years, Thousands of Indians Still Suffer from the Lethal Gases That Leaked from a US Chemical Plant
Magazine article by John Elliott; New Statesman, Vol. 131, March 25, 2002
Subjects: Bhopal, India--Environmental policy, Chemical industry--Environmental aspects, Liability for environmental damages--Laws, regulations, etc., Union Carbide Corp.--Environmental policy
Bhopal refuses to flip the page: After more than...000 people in the central Indian city of Bhopal. The tank that leaked deadly methyl isocyanate...US-based company Union Carbide - and of Bhopal, capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh...
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Bhopal Verdict: Too Little, Too Late? Survivors of '84 India Gas Leak Decry Belated Light Sentences
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 8, 2010
Subjects: Carbides--Cases, Chemical industry--Cases, Herbicides--Cases, Negligence--Cases, News agencies--Cases, Pesticides industry--Cases, The Associated Press--Cases, Union Carbide Corp.--Cases, Workplace accidents--Cases
Bhopal Verdict: Too Little, Too Late? Survivors...Sujoy Dhar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES BHOPAL, India -- An Indian court on Monday convicted...years in prison for their part in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak, which eventually killed at least...
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Bhopal Water Still Toxic, 25 Years on, Study Says
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 1, 2009
Subjects: Groundwater--Reports, Water, Underground--Reports, Workplace accidents--Reports
Bhopal Water Still Toxic, 25 Years on, Study...worlds worst industrial accident in Indias Bhopal city is still toxic and making residents...The analysis conducted by the UK-based Bhopal Medical Appeal (BMA) also cast doubt upon...
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25,000 DEATHS ..Pounds 1400 IN FINES; Fury at Bhopal 'Betrayal'
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 8, 2010
Subjects: Disaster victims
...DEATHS ..Pounds 1400 IN FINES; Fury at Bhopal Betrayal. Byline: Adrian Shaw AFTER...victims of the chemical plant disaster at Bhopal were left furious after the defendants...betrayal of the people." Hundreds of Bhopal villagers tried to storm the court. Police...
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VICTIMS FURY AS BHOPAL BOSSES GET 2 YEARS FOR 25,000 DEAD; Jailed 25yrs after Chemical Cloud
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 8, 2010
Subjects: Chemical industry, Herbicides, Negligence, Pesticides industry, Workplace accidents
VICTIMS FURY AS BHOPAL BOSSES GET 2 YEARS FOR 25,000 DEAD...jailed for criminal negligence over the Bhopal disaster 25 years ago. But campaigners...000 lives. There were angry scenes in Bhopal as the seven were also fined pounds 1...
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Indian Nuke Bill Seen as Bad for Business; Bhopal Case Adds to Worries
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 5, 2010
Subjects: Nuclear energy--Laws, regulations and rules, Nuclear energy--Political aspects, Nuclear industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Nuclear industry--Political activity, Nuclear industry--Political aspects, Nuclear reactors--Laws, regulations and rules, Nuclear reactors--Political aspects
...Indian Nuke Bill Seen as Bad for Business; Bhopal Case Adds to Worries. Byline: Ashish...the countrys highest court reopened the Bhopal gas-leak case in response to a government...at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal in 1984 loomed over the liability discussions...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bhopal  - 6 results

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Bhopal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BHOPAL bo pal, former principality, Madhya Pradesh...stupa (3d cent. b.c.) at Sanchi. Bhopal was founded in the early 18th cent. and was ruled from 1844 to 1926 by the begums of Bhopal, famous women leaders. Although the population...
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Madhya Pradesh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and the Ganges plain. The capital is Bhopal . One of the largest states in India...chemical and electrical industries at Bhopal. The state is rich in minerals; manganese...Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal. That area was decreased significantly...
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Chemical Industry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The leakage of toxic chemicals at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal , India (1984), was the worst industrial disaster in history...International Chemical Industry (1984); W. Morehouse, The Bhopal Tragedy (1986); F. Aftalion, A History of the International...
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India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pakistan. In 1991, India had 23 cities with urban areas of more than 1 million people: Ahmadabad , Bangalore (Bengaluru), Bhopal , Chennai (Madras), Coimbatore , Delhi , Hyderabad , Indore , Jaipur , Kanpur , Kochi (see under Cochin ), Kolkata (Calcutta...
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Pollution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...dramatically underscored by such events as the evacuation of Love Canal (1978), the chemical accident at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal , the oil spills from the tankers Exxon Valdez in Alaska (1989), Braer off the Shetland Islands (1993), and Prestige off...
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