Rajkumar Keswani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rajkumar Keswani

Indian journalist

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1950

Place of Birth: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Profession: journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Rajkumar Keswani (born 26 November 1950 in Bhopal, India) is a senior journalist.
Keswani was the first journalist to bring attention to the safety lapses and impending Bhopal disaster that eventually came to pass at the town's Union Carbide pesticides plant overnight on 2–3 December 1984.
Keswani had written several articles, from 1982 through 1984, detailing that safety standards at the plant were inadequate and that a catastrophic leak could result. Keswani began to take an interest in the affairs of the Union Carbide Bhopal India plant in 1981 when Mohammad Ashraf, his friend who was a plant employee, spoke of possible dangers posed by leaks.
He died in an accident at the plant on 24 December 1981 after inhaling phosgene.
For internal information sources Keswani found two people who were fired — Bashirullah and Shankar Malviya who helped him to get hold of all manuals and confidential reports.
It took Keswani nine months to write his first piece in 1982.