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The '''Vypin alcohol poisonings''' killed an estimated 77 people in 1982 in [[Vypin]] near [[Kochi]] in [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. Hundreds of people, mostly fish workers and other labourers, drank liquor supplied by several Government-licensed [[arrack]] shops.<ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/28/stories/2007082860900400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120141638/http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/28/stories/2007082860900400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-11-20|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Kerala News : Rum and brandy replace arrack|date=2007-08-28|access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> The incident occurred at the time of the festival of [[Onam]]. It killed 77 people, blinded 63, crippled 15, and reduced around 650 families to penury.<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=http://cmpaul.wordpress.com/tag/vypin-island-liquor-tragedy-2/|title=Vypin Island liquor tragedy &#124; NewsGrab|publisher=cmpaul.wordpress.com|access-date=2014-02-20}}</ref> When victims were hospitalized, doctors identified signs of [[methanol toxicity|methanol poisoning]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Sreedhar Pillai |date=September 21, 2013 |title=Kerala's liquor tragedy: Illegal arrack claims 72 lives|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820930-kerala-liquor-tragedy-illegal-arrack-claims-72-lives-772229-2013-09-21|access-date=2020-11-10|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Popular culture ==<br />
The incident features in 1986 [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] film ''[[Amma Ariyan]]'' directed by [[John Abraham (director)|John Abraham]]. It is mentioned in [[Subhash Chandran]]'s 2010 novel ''[[Manushyanu Oru Aamukham]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Harsimran |date=2018-01-12 |title=A reader's guide to the five masterly translations on the shortlist of the Crossword Book Award |url=https://scroll.in/article/864691/a-readers-guide-to-the-five-masterly-translations-on-the-shortlist-of-the-crossword-book-award |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of alcohol poisonings in India]]<br />
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