1956 Ariyalur train accident
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1956 Ariyalur train accident
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The 1956 Ariyalur train accident was a train accident on 23 November 1956 in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, India, where a train fell into the Marudaiyaru River, killing over 150 passengers after a bridge collapsed as a result of damage by torrential rain. It was until then the worst train accident ever in independent India and is still one of the country's deadliest train disasters. The accident came 2.5 months after the 1956 Mahbubnagar train accident, a similar accident in Mahbubnagar.
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1856 train accident in India
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