Tragedies/Disasters in 2011

 
  • Mumbai blasts Over 20 dead in three bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 13
  • Sikkim quake An earthquake measuring 6.9 hits the north-eastern state on September 18. Over 50 died and more than 100 were injured.
  • Jharkhand train fire Seven train passengers were charred to death when two air-conditioned coaches of the Dehradun-bound Doon Express caught fire in Jharkhand on November 22.
  • Kolkata hospital fire 93 people, mostly patients, lost their lives in a fire that broke out on December 9 in the basement of the AMRI hospital.
  • Hooch tragedy At least 170 people died after consuming illicit liquor on the night of December 13 at Sangrampur in West Bengal.
  • London Riots Five dead, property damage worth millions, during the riots this August.
  • Japan Quake A 8.9 magnitude quake strikes Japan in March, leaving more than 20,000 people dead or missing.