List of Worst Natural Disasters in The Histroy of India
The Disastrous natural forces includes volcano disaster, floods,Tsunami and Earthquakes, which are major cause of casualties in the history of India. Other then Horrible Temple Stampedes such as Amarnath Yatra tragedy,Mandher Devi temple stampede and Sabrimala Kerala temple stampede and major train accidents like Karanjadi train crash and Vaibhavwadi train crash, there are many worst Natural Disasters had happened, latest is most disastrous Uttarakhand Flash Floods and recently happened Cyclone Phailin in Orissa coast .
1) Uttarakhand floods 2013
Disaster come suddenly without knocking your door. Disaster can be happened due to human mistake or nature anger but both take life of peoples. Sometime the death toll rises in thousands. In today era the main reason behind the natural disasters is human mistakes specially the Global Warming. By giving the weighted to our words LisOTop presenting here top 10 deadliest natural disaster in India, which make whole world stunned.
2) Tsunami 2004
The huge & deadliest cloudburst on that day caused flash floods and landslides that struck Uttrakhand from 14 to 17 June, 2013. There are more than 5,700 people were assumed dead. More than 1,00,000 pilgrims were trapped in the valleys leading to Kedarnath shrine.
3) Gujarat earthquake 2001
The disaster hit Gujarat on 26th January, 2001 at 8.46 am and lasted for 2 minutes.
The 7.6 Richter scale quake, caused 20,000 deaths while 167,000 were injured.
Nearly, 400,000 homes were demolished.
With the magnitude of 9.1–9.3, it was the third largest earthquake of the world recorded ever. Almost 227,898 people died. The earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. Experts say the earthquake that caused tsunami was so powerful that its impact can be equated to the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs. The huge waves of this deadliest tsunami killed lakhs of people in Part of South India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
4) Odisha super cyclone 1999
The deadliest storm, also known as Paradip cyclone, caused about 10,000 deaths in Odisha. Approximately 275,000 houses were destroyed, leaving 1.67 million people Shelter-less &homeless. The deadliest storm, also known as Cyclone 05B, and Paradip cyclone, caused about 10,000 deaths. Approximately 275,000 homes were destroyed, leaving 1.67 million people homeless.
5) 1993 Latur earthquake
The deadliest earthquake rocked Maharashtra on Sept 30, 1993. It was measured 6.4 on the Richter scale. The death toll was more than 20,000 and about 30,000 were injured. 52 villages were destroyed in this deadliest earthquake. The deadliest earthquake rocked Maharashtra on September 30, 1993. It was measured 6.4 on the Richter scale. The death toll was more than 20,000 while almost 30,000 were injured. 52 villages were devastated in the intraplate earthquake.
6) Bengal famine of 1943
In 1943, a massive famine struck the state of Bengal, India's rice-belt, killing at least 40 lakh people. Historians argue that though the disaster was caused by natural causes, there were man-made factors which played a bigger role. On January 9, 1943, a devastating cyclone hit the rice fields in the state, killing thousands. The subsequent outbreak of Helminthosporium oryzae fungus took further toll on the rice cultivation. The looming threat from the imperialist Japanese army that had captured the neighbouring Burmese state propelled the British raj to destroy all boats and rice stocks in coastal Bengal. This further led to mass scale starvation in the state.
7) Bengal famine of 1943
The ancient city of Coringa in the present day Andhra Pradesh was famous for ship building and repairing. A disastrous cyclone, on November 25, 1839, destroyed the entire city, killing at least 3.2 lakh people. According to statistics, at least 25,000 ships and vessels in the harbour city were ruined by the monstrous storm.
8) 1737 Calcutta cyclone
The Hooghly River Cyclone of 1737 is recorded as one of deadliest & Killing natural disasters of India. The cyclone, often referred to as the Calcutta Cyclone, did damage to the low lying areas in the region.Overall the cyclone reportedly destroyed 20,000 water going vessels which ranging from ocean worthy ships to canoes, and this cyclone killed 300,000 to 350,000 individuals, likely including crews of ship as well as the local populations in low-lying Bengal.
9) Bengal famine of 1770
It was a major famine that hit Bengal and some parts of Odisha and Bihar. Bengal’s State was badly hit by this famine that caused about 1 crore deaths.
10) Deccan famine of 1632-33
One of the most severe famines to be affected in 1632-33. Almost 20 lakh people died in the natural disaster. According to old historians, the famine was caused as a result of 3 successive staple crop failures which led to starvation and diseases that were incurable then.