-Aug 27, 2003: 39 killed and 140 injured in a stampede during Kumbh Mela in Maha’s Nashik dist
-Jan 25, 2005: More than 340 devotees trampled to death at Mandhardevi temple in Maha’s Satara
– Aug 3, 2008: 162 dead in stampede at Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh
-Sept 30, 2008: 250 devotees killed in stampede at Chamunda Devi temple in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur
-March 4, 2010: 63 killed in a stampede at Ram Janki Temple of Kripalu Maharaj in UP’s Pratapgarh
-Nov 8, 2011: 20 people dead in stampede at Har-ki-Pauri gaht, Haridwar, on the banks of the Ganga
-Nov 9, 2012: 20 killed as makeshift bridge caves in, triggering stampede during Chhath Puja in Patna
-Oct 13, 2013: 115 killed, over 100 injured in stampede during Navratri festivities a temple in MP’s Datia
-October 3, 2014: 32 killed in a stampede at Gandhi Maidan in Patna post Dussehra celebrations
– July 14, 2015: 27 pilgrims dead in a stampede on the banks of Godavarion ‘Pushkaram’ festival in AP
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