Horoscope	Baby Names	Festivals
Articles	Pictures	Videos
India News	Indian Food	Drivers License Information
Hot Deals	Immigration	Health & Lifestyle
Mortgage Calculator	Jobs	Blogs
Advertise	Currency Convertor	Shop Amazon

Columbus Indian Community - ColumbusIndian.net

HOME

BUSINESS PAGES

RECIPES

Quick Links

Festivals

Select City

Historical Event on 8/11/1984
A cloud of toxic chemicals escaped from a Union Carbide plant near Charleston, West Virginia, this morning, and at least 135 residents were treated for eye, throat, and lung irritation. Last December, methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide plant in India, killing 2,000 people. No MIC escaped today, plant officials said. Aldicarb oxime, a much less toxic gas, is declared as one constituent of the gas cloud.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/29/1994	Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies.
1/25/1971	Himachal Pradesh High Court was established at Shimla for Himachal Pradesh Territory.
11/9/1990	Vishwanath Pratap Singh resigned from the post of Prime Minister of India after losing the Vote of Confidence moved against him.
5/31/1977	Major Premchand and Naik Nima Dorji Sherpa, in the team on Indian Army Treckers, reached the peak of Kanchenjunga. They were amongst the first Indians to reach this peak.
8/22/1992	Congress (I) with its allies secures a simple majority in the Lok Sabha following the merger of Telugu Desam into the party.
8/13/1795	Ahilyabai Holkar passed away at the age of 70.
8/2/1977	Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
3/22/1947	India's Last Viceroy Lord Louise Mountbatten came to India.
2/19/2000	18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai.
9/27/1974	Pankaj Dharmani, Indian ODI batsman (1997), was born.

Explore

Contribute Articles

Contribute Videos

Contribute Recipes

Contribute Pictures

ColumbusIndian.net is operated under IndianLoop.com network (Broadlink, LLC site) and is a Trademark of BroadLink, LLC. Any unauthorized use of these Trademarks is strictly prohibited.
All the content on this site is protected under the copyright law. No content can be reproduced in any form without the written consent of BroadLink, LLC.