Bhopal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...historical and archaeological interest in Bhopal and nearby. In Dec., 1984, a cloud of methyl isocynate gas escaped from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. An estimated 3,000 to 7,000 died immediately, 15,000 to 20,000 died from the effects in the years...