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List of major train mishaps in India

From 2009 to 2015, there were 803 accidents. 47 per cent were derailments.

May 28, 2010:
148 people were killed after the Gyaneshwari Express was derailed by Naxals in West Midnapore district of West Bengal

September 9, 2002:
100 passengers were killed and 150 hurt Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express plunged into the Dhave river in Bihar’s Arungabad district.

August 2, 1999:
290 passengers were killed after two trains collided at Gaisal in Assam

November 26, 1998:
212 people killed as the Jammu Tawi-Sealdah Express collided with derailed coaches of the Frontier Mail in Punjab.

September 14, 1997:
81 people were killed when five bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah express fell into a river in Bilaspur district of MP.

August 20, 1995:
400 people were killed after the Puroshottam Express rammed into Kalindi Express near Firozabad railway station in UP.

April 18, 1988:
75 people were killed when the Karnataka Express derailed near Lalitpur in UP.

July 8, 1988:
107 were killed, when the Island Express plunged into Ashtamudi lake in Kerala.

( Source : deccan chronicle )
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