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Gangaram Building Collapse
A seven-storey building under construction in Bengaluru, India, belonging to N. Gangaram, collapsed on 12 September 1983 resulting in 123 dead and over 120 injured. This building collapse is considered as one of the worst tragedies of Bangalore city. Collapse The seven-storey building, which was going to be a hotel and shopping complex, was located next to Kapali Cinema theatre on Subedar Chatram Road, near the Majestic area. Construction had started in 1981. On 12 September 1983 at 3.25 pm, the building collapsed, killing construction workers, customers of the nearby Gangaram bookstore, pedestrians and two people who were watching cinema in an adjacent theatre. Deaths totaled 123 and there were over 120 injured. The son of N. Gangaram, the owner of the building, was among the dead: his body was not found until the 30th day of rescue work. Rescue work During the 1980s, rescue work was a challenge as both technology and techniques were primitive. In addition to the rescue wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangaram Building Collapse(1983), Bangalore
A seven-storey building under construction in Bengaluru, India, belonging to N. Gangaram, collapsed on 12 September 1983 resulting in 123 dead and over 120 injured. This building collapse is considered as one of the worst tragedies of Bangalore city. Collapse The seven-storey building, which was going to be a hotel and shopping complex, was located next to Kapali Cinema theatre on Subedar Chatram Road, near the Majestic area. Construction had started in 1981. On 12 September 1983 at 3.25 pm, the building collapsed, killing construction workers, customers of the nearby Gangaram bookstore, pedestrians and two people who were watching cinema in an adjacent theatre. Deaths totaled 123 and there were over 120 injured. The son of N. Gangaram, the owner of the building, was among the dead: his body was not found until the 30th day of rescue work. Rescue work During the 1980s, rescue work was a challenge as both technology and techniques were primitive. In addition to the rescue wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengaluru
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India, as well as the largest city in South India, and the 27th largest city in the world. Located on the Deccan Plateau, at a height of over above sea level, Bangalore has a pleasant climate throughout the year, with its parks and green spaces earning it the reputation as the "Garden City" of India. Its elevation is the highest among the major cities of India. An aerospace, heavy engineering and electronics hub since the 1960s, Bangalore is widely regarded as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.——— In the Ease of Living Index 2020 (published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs), it was ranked the most livable Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subedar Chatram
Subedar is a rank of junior commissioned officer in the Indian Army; a senior non-commissioned officer in the Pakistan Army, and formerly a Viceroy's commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. History ''Subedar'' or ''subadar'' was the second-highest rank of Indian officer in the military forces of British India, ranking below "British Commissioned Officers" and above "Local Non-Commissioned Officers". Indian officers were promoted to this rank on the basis of both lengths of service and individual merit. Under British rule, a Risaldar was the cavalry equivalent of a Subedar. A Subedar / Risaldar was ranked senior to a Jemadar and junior to a Subedar Major / Risaldar Major in an infantry / cavalry regiment of the Indian Army. Both Subedars and Risaldars wore two stars as rank insignia. The rank was introduced in the East India Company's presidency armies (the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army) to make it easier for British officers to communicate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collapse Of The Royal Plaza Hotel
The collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel occurred on 13 August 1993 in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ..., killing 137 people and injuring 227. Taking just less than 10 seconds, the building collapsed and transformed the 6-storey complex into a pile of rubble, leaving only the front elevator hall which was separately built from the rest of the structure. Available athaiengineering.com. Gradual deformation due to creep (deformation), creep weakened all the ground floor support columns and when one failed the rest rapidly followed, resulting in an almost complete vertical collapse. Several people were rescued from the rubble and trapped victims called for help using mobile phones. Violation of safety regulations and an unp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Industrial Disasters
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazism, Nazi war crime, war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for 1983 Australian federal election, elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
