1943★★★★★
Bengal famine of 1943
A wartime famine in British-ruled Bengal kills an estimated two to three million people.
Disaster· India, Bangladesh
Timeline
5 events20th century
- November 12, 1970★★★★★
1970 Bhola cyclone
A tropical cyclone strikes East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people, one of the deadliest natural disasters of the 20th century.
Disaster· Bangladesh, India - December 1984★★★★★
Bhopal disaster
A methyl isocyanate gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal kills thousands, the world's worst industrial disaster.
Disaster· India
21st century
- December 26, 2004★★★★★
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra triggers tsunamis that kill around 230,000 people across many countries.
Disaster· Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand - April 25, 2015★★★★★
2015 Nepal earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes central Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and destroying heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley.
Disaster· Nepal, India, China