1,024 notable events in India — massacres, murders and wars. Page 4 of 11.
- Indian Airlines Flight 257
Aug 16, 1991 · Aviation accident
- Nipah virus outbreaks in Kerala
Jan 1, 2018 · Epidemic & disease
- Azad Maidan riots
Aug 11, 2012 · Riot & unrest
- 2010 Deganga riots
Sep 6, 2010 · Riot & unrest
- Chhoto Angaria massacre
date unknown · Massacre
- 2015 Manipur ambush
Jun 4, 2015 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Scarlett Keeling
Feb 18, 2008 · Murder & homicide
- 1985 Gujarat riots
1985 · Riot & unrest
- Air India Express Flight 611
Oct 11, 2018 · Aviation accident
- Tsunduru massacre
Aug 6, 1991 · Massacre
- United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963)
Jul 28, 1963 · Aviation accident
- Assassination of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga
Dec 26, 1988 · Murder & homicide
- Bhairanpally Massacre
Aug 27, 1948 · Massacre
- 1905 Kangra earthquake
Apr 4, 1905 · Earthquake
- 2014 Birbhum gang rape case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Karikkan villa murder
Oct 6, 1980 · Murder & homicide
- Bara massacre
Feb 13, 1992 · Massacre
- Indian Airlines Flight 410
Dec 20, 1978 · Aviation accident
- Ayodhya firing incident
Oct 30, 1990–Nov 2, 1990 · Massacre
- Palar blast
Apr 9, 1993 · Bombing & explosion
- Murders of P. Jayaraj and J. Bennix
Jun 19, 2020–Jun 23, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Badlapur school sexual abuse case
Jan 1, 2024 · Crime & justice
- 2024 Hathras crowd crush
Jul 2, 2024 · Stampede & crowd crush
- 1957 Ramnad riots
Jul 1, 1957–Sep 1, 1957 · Riot & unrest
- Haridas Mundhra
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Ripper Jayanandan
Jan 1, 2003–Jan 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Bombing of Calcutta
Dec 20, 1942–Dec 24, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Uttarakhand flood
Feb 7, 2021 · Natural disaster
- Gurgaon kidney scandal
Jan 2008 · Scandal & controversy
- 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake
Jun 16, 1819 · Earthquake
- Turkman gate demolition and rioting
May 31, 1976 · Riot & unrest
- 1897 Assam earthquake
Jun 12, 1897 · Earthquake
- 2018 Thoothukudi protest shooting
May 22, 2018 · Massacre
- Indian Airlines Flight 427
Apr 24, 1993–Apr 25, 1993 · Aviation accident
- Ladakh protests
from 2021 · Riot & unrest
- 2006 Varanasi bombings
Mar 7, 2006 · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Snehal Gaware
Jul 20, 2007 · Murder & homicide
- 1997 Coimbatore riots
Nov 29, 1997 · Riot & unrest
- 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting
Dec 28, 2005 · Massacre
- 2008 India–Pakistan standoff
Dec 2008 · War & armed conflict
- Gambhira Bridge collapse
Jul 9, 2025 · Disaster
- 2017 Northern India riots
Aug 25, 2017 · Riot & unrest
- 2008 Bangalore serial blasts
Jul 25, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
- 2025 Arpora nightclub fire
Dec 6, 2025 · Fire
- Meenambakkam bomb blast
Aug 2, 1984 · Terrorism
- Lynching of Tabrez Ansari
Jun 17, 2019 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Great flood of 99
1924 · Natural disaster
- Balrampur gang rape
Sep 29, 2020 · Crime & justice
- 1961 Jabalpur riots
Feb 9, 1961 · Riot & unrest
- 2016 Pampore stand-off
Feb 20, 2016–Feb 22, 2016 · Terrorism
- 2023 Rajouri attacks
Jan 2, 2023 · Terrorism
- 2016–2017 Kashmir unrest
Jul 8, 2016–Feb 2017 · Epidemic & disease
- 1991 Punjab killings
Jun 15, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash
Sep 2, 2009 · Aviation accident
- 2019 Surat fire
May 24, 2019 · Fire
- 2021 Nagaland killings
Dec 4, 2021 · Massacre
- DLF land grab case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Colour TV case
May 14, 1998 · Crime & justice
- Murder of Lakshmanananda Saraswati
Aug 23, 2008 · Murder & homicide
- Mahamaham stampede
Feb 18, 1992 · Stampede & crowd crush
- 2023 Indian Parliament breach
Dec 13, 2023 · Attack (other)
- Bombardment of Madras
Sep 22, 1914 · War & armed conflict
- Bihar school meal poisoning incident
Jul 16, 2013 · Epidemic & disease
- 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
Aug 2, 2000 · Massacre
- Gujarat Beechcraft incident
Sep 19, 1965 · Aviation accident
- Amritsar train disaster
Oct 19, 2018 · Rail accident
- 2013 Bodh Gaya bombings
Jul 7, 2013 · Bombing & explosion
- Meerut mutiny
May 11, 1857 · War & armed conflict
- Homfreyganj massacre
Jan 30, 1944 · Massacre
- Kadalundi train derailment
Jun 22, 2001 · Rail accident
- TANSI land acquisition case
Jun 10, 1999 · Crime & justice
- 2002 attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata
Jan 22, 2002 · Attack (other)
- 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
Jan 6, 2013 · War & armed conflict
- 1995–1997 Gujarat political crisis
Sep 1, 1995–Mar 1, 1998 · Crisis
- Mangarh massacre
Nov 17, 1913 · Massacre
- 1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Kashmir
Jul 4, 1995 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Bawani Imli massacre
Apr 28, 1858 · Massacre
- Satish (criminal)
Jan 1, 1995–Jan 1, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- 1998 Wandhama massacre
Jan 25, 1998 · Massacre
- 2022 Birbhum violence
Mar 21, 2022 · Massacre
- 2023 Kerala bombing
Oct 29, 2023 · Bombing & explosion
- 1998 Chamba massacre
date unknown · Massacre
- 2022 India–Pakistan heat wave
Mar 2022–Apr 2022 · Natural disaster
- Murder of Nikita Tomar
Oct 26, 2020 · Murder & homicide
- Zsolt Erőss
date unknown · Disappearance
- 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 crash
Jul 22, 2016 · Disappearance
- 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning
Jun 20, 2024 · Epidemic & disease
- Religious violence in Odisha
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 1993 Pangal massacre
May 3, 1993 · Massacre
- Chahi Taret Khuntakpa
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Killing of Vandana Das
May 10, 2023 · Murder & homicide
- 2009 Jaipur fire
Oct 29, 2009 · Fire
- 2007 Kolkata riots
Nov 21, 2007 · Riot & unrest
- 2017 Amarnath Yatra massacre
Jul 10, 2017 · Terrorism
- Panun Kashmir
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2026 Andhra Pradesh fireworks explosion
Feb 28, 2026 · Bombing & explosion
- 2016 Dhulagarh riots
Dec 14, 2016 · Riot & unrest
- 2011 Sikkim earthquake
from Sep 18, 2011 · Earthquake
- 2014 Burdwan blast
Oct 2, 2014 · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Rajdev Ranjan
May 13, 2016 · Murder & homicide