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Major train accidents in the country

Choronology of major train accidents in the country since 1990:

April 1990: About 70 burnt alive as shuttle train
             catches fire near Patna
June 1990: 36 killed in a collision at Gollaguda
            in Andhra Pradesh  
June 1990: 60 killed as goods train rams into
            a passenger train in Daltonganj in Bihar 
October 1990: 40 killed in a fire in a passenger
               train near Cherlapalli in
               Andhra Pradesh 
October 1991: 30 killed as Karnataka Express derails
               near Makaligurga in Karnataka 
December 1991: 20 killed near Jwali in Kangra
                district of Himachal Pradesh 
September 1992: 41 killed in a collision near Raigarh
                in Madhya Pradesh 
July 1993: 60 killed in a mishap in Darbhanga
            district of Bihar 
September 1993: 71 killed in a collision between
                Kota-Bina Passenger train and a goods
                train near Chhabra in Rajasthan 
October 1994: 30 burnt alive as Bombay Mail
               catches fire
May 1995: 60 killed as Madras-Kanyakumari Express
           collides with goods train at Danishpet 
June 1995: 45 killed in collision between Jammu-Tawi
            Express and goods train near Kalubathan in
            West Bengal 
August 1995: Over 250 killed in collision between
              Purushottam Express and Kalindi Express at
              Murlinagar near Firozabad 
April 1996: 30 killed in mishap involving Gonda
             Passenger and goods train near Gorakhpur 
December 1996: Over 300 killed in a blast in
               Delhi-bound Brahmaputra mail 
               near Kokrajhar 
July 1997: 33 killed in blast in a passenger
            train near Bhatinda 
September 1997: 84 killed as six coaches of 
                Ahmadabad-Howrah Express fall from
                bridge near Korba in Madhya Pradesh 
January,1998: 60 killed as Kashi-Viswanath Express
              and Bareilly Passenger collide near
              Hardoiin Uttar Pradesh 
September 1998: 33 killed in two train accidents
                in Rajasthan and Haryana.

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