2001 Gujarat Earthquake
Gujarat was hit with a devastating earthquake on 26 January 2001 at 8:55am, which claimed a staggering 20,000 lives, injured another 200,000 people and severely affected the lives of 40 million of the population. The economic and financial loss to Gujarat and India is being felt even after a decade.
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