Date | 27 December 1975 |
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Location | Dhanbad, Bihar (now Jharkhand) |
Cause | Water from adjacent mine gushed after the wall in between collapsed |
Deaths | 375 |
Convicted | 2 (in 2012) |
Verdict | 1 year imprisonment and Rs. 5000 fine each |
The Chasnala mining disaster was a disaster that happened on 27 December 1975 in a coal mine in Chasnala near Dhanbad in the Indian state of Jharkhand. An explosion in the mine followed by flooding killed 375 miners.