Elphinstone station is not the first: Deadly stampedes that India witnessed in the last decade
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Patna stampede, 2014: 32 people died in a stampede during the “Ravan Vadh” ceremony associated with the Dussehra celebration at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. More than 15 people were injured as well in the tragic incident that happened on 3 October 2014. In pic: A man takes a kid injured in the stampede to hospital. (Photo | PTI)Datia bridge tragedy, 2013: In one of the biggest stampedes that India witnessed in recent times, 115 people were killed and over 100 were injured on a bridge leading to Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh on 14 October 2013. Devotees were crushed to death under the feet of fellow worshippers, while others drowned after falling or jumping into the Sindh river. (Photo | PTI)Haridwar stampede, 2010: Five women, a man and an infant were killed during Haridwar Kumbh Mela on 14 April 2010. In pic: A policeman tries in vain to rescue a child after Hindu devotees caught in a stampede. (Photo | PTI)Allahabad Kumbh Mela stampede, 2013: 29 women, 12 men, and an eight-year-old girl were killed when an overbridge collapse and a police lathi charge that followed caused a stampede in Allahabad railway station on 10 February 2013. Allahabad was hosting the rotating Hindu festival of 'Kumbh Mela', and that year it was considered to be the year of 'Maha Kumbh Mela', which comes around only once every 144 years. This increased the rush at the railway station after the event even more. In pic: People weep next to the bodies of relatives who were killed in the incident. (Photo | PTI)A last minute platform change for a Patna-bound train triggered a stampede at the New Delhi railway station on 16 May 2010, resulting in the death of two persons. The incident taught Delhi authorities the need for better facilities and crowd management in public places. In pic: Passengers struggle to enter the Patna-bound 2393 Up Sampurn Kranti Express train at the New Delhi Railway Station in New Delhi. (Photo | AP)Hyderabad stampede, 2012: 20 people were injured in a stampede on 8 June 2012, during the distribution of the famous 'fish prasadam' medicine for asthma patients in Hyderabad. In pic: Police trying to control Asthma patients following a stampede after they jostled to receive traditional fish medicines from Bathini Goud family at Kattedan village in Ranga Reddy. (Photo | PTI)
