Trust timeline
1984: Bhopal disaster
1991: The Supreme Court directs Union Carbide Corporation, USA, to finance a 500-bed hospital for the long term medical care of survivors
1992: Union Carbide's Indian shares confiscated by chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal
1992: Union Carbide sets up the Bhopal Hospital Trust (BHT) in England
1998: BHT is Indianised to form Bhopal Hospital Memorial Trust (BHMT). Supreme Court overrides order of a Bhopal court and allows sale of confiscated shares in the face of legal opposition of the survivors. The proceeds of this sale plus a sizable contribution from the Indian government go to BMHT
2000: BMHT starts functioning