As a legislator , Khan was one of few prominent voices that protested against the setting up the Union Carbide Corporation chemical plant in Bhopal . In a 1969 assembly debate he stated that the setting up of the factory implied ' very high risks ' . In 1984 the Union Carbide Corporation plant was the site of a major industrial disaster with thousands of victims
a major industrial disaster
Bhopal disaster
Khan Shakir Ali Khan