| Bihar train derailment | |
|---|---|
 Location of the derailment | |
| Details | |
| Date | 6 June 1981 |
| Location | Bagmati River, Badlaghat (near Khagaria), Bihar |
| Country | India |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Unknown, likely a cyclone |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths |
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In the Indian state of Bihar, on June 6, 1981, a passenger train carrying more than 800 passengers[1] between Mansi (Dhamara Pul) and Saharsa, India derailed and plunged into the river Bagmati while it was crossing a bridge.
After five days, more than 200 bodies were recovered, with hundreds more missing that were feared washed away by the river.[1][2] Estimates of total deaths range from 500 to 800 or more.[1] By the afternoon of June 12, the government had completed its recovery efforts and had issued an official death toll of 235 passengers (including the bodies of 3 passengers which had not been recovered), with 88 survivors.[3]
The crash is the deadliest-ever rail accident in India.[4]
