Here is compendium of deadliest train accidents in independent India

New Delhi: The triple train crash in Odisha on Friday is one of the deadliest such accidents since independence.

At least 233 people were killed and more than 900 injured when Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train collided near Balasore.

Here is a look at other such deadliest train crashes:

-June 6, 1981: A train fell into the river Bagmati while crossing a bridge, killing more than 750 people in Bihar.

-August 20, 1995: Purushottam Express collided with the stationary Kalindi Express near Firozabad. The official death toll was around 305.

-26 November 1998: Jammu Tawi–Sealdah Express collided with three derailed coaches of the Frontier Golden Temple Mail in Khanna in Punjab, killing 212 people.

-August 2, 1999: Gaisal train disaster occurred when the Brahmaputra Mail crashed into the stationary Avadh Assam Express at Gaisal station in North Frontier Railway's Katihar division, killing more than 285 people and injuring over 300. Many of the victims were Army, BSF, or CRPF personnel.

-November 20, 2016: Pukhrayan train derailment occurred when 14 coaches of the Indore–Rajendra Nagar Express derailed at Pukhrayan, approximately 60 km from Kanpur, killing 152 people and injuring 260.

-September 9, 2002: Rafiganj train wreck occurred when the Howrah Rajdhani Express derailed over a bridge on Dhave River in Rafiganj, killing more than 140 people. Terrorist sabotage was blamed for the incident.

-December 23, 1964: Pamban–Dhanuskodi passenger train was washed away by the Rameswaram cyclone, killing over 126 passengers on board.

- May 28, 2010: Jnaneswari Express train derailment -- The Mumbai-bound train had derailed near Jhargram and was then hit by an oncoming goods train, leading to the death of 148 passengers.

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