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Gujarat Earthquake, Jan. 26, 2001 (India)
There are no words which could adequately describe what has happened to Gujarat on the historic day of 26th January, 2001. When the people of the State had just begun to celebrate 52nd Republic Day, an earthquake at the epicenter north ? west of Bhuj and with 6.9 magnitude on Richter scale ? (this has been estimated by USA at 7.7 Ritcher scale) shook the State of Gujarat sending shock waves right upto Nepal in east, Chennai in south and J&K in north. This sudden major earthquake not only took the people of Gujarat by surprise but the entire country and the world came to know of this devastating experience.
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Details of Affected Districts |
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As on 15-04-2001 |
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District
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No. of Affected
Talukas
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No. of Affected
Villages
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Total
Population
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Affected
Population
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Human
Deaths
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No. of
Injured
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Cattle
Death
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Kutchh
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10
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949
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1262507
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1262507
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18498
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136048
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19470
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Ahmedabad
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11
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392
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4687491
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3894000
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752
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4040
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20
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Rajkot
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14
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686
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2514122
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1594000
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433
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11951
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171
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Jamnagar
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11
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685
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1563558
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1563000
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119
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4930
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549
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Surat
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8
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94
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3397900
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397989
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46
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190
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1
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Surendra
nagar
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10
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661
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1208872
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1154000
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113
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2909
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121
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Banaskantha
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8
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452
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2013519
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719000
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32
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2770
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162
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Kheda
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10
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350
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1793138
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35121
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0
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28
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4
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Bharuch
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8
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248
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1148052
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460000
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9
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44
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76
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Gandhinagar
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4
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210
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1026728
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35000
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8
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241
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2
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Patan
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8
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349
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935203
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664000
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38
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1695
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15
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Junagadh
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14
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554
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2018446
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597787
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8
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89
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3
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Navsari
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5
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331
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1085692
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87783
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17
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52
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1
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Porbandar
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3
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157
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376113
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376113
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9
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90
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8
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Vadodara
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6
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85
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3039127
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186092
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1
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270
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1
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Bhavnagar
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11
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535
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2060315
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445226
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4
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45
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4
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Anand
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8
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124
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1647759
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4687
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1
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20
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6
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Mehsana
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9
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611
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1648251
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1648251
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0
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1339
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6
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Sabarkantha
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8
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68
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1761086
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128000
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0
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56
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1
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Amreli
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11
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273
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1484300
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599000
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