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MAJOR TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN INDIA 1890s ·          5 November 1891 - A mail train derailed near Nagpar, killing 10 people and wounding another 35. [1] 1900s ·          24 October 1907 - A passenger train collided with a freight train at Kot Lakhanat station, killing 11 people, and injuring 27 others. [2] ·          2 December 1908 - 18 people were killed and 20 others wounded when two mail trains collided at Barana station. [3] 1920s A point on the   Darjeeling Himalayan Railway , 1921. ·          April 1920 - 50 people killed, 50 others wounded in a rail collision. [4] 1930s ·          17 July 1937 - An express train from Calcutta plunged down an embankment near Bihta station, about 15 miles from Patna. At least 119 people were killed, and 180 others wounded. [5] [6] ·          28 June 1939 - 10 people were killed and 21 injured in a train accident. [7] 1940s ·          4 October 1942 - 1