1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy
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title:
1996 Amarnath Yatra tragedy
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Amarnath Yatra tragedy (1996) refers to the deaths of over 250 pilgrims in 1996 in Jammu and Kashmir state in India due to poor weather. The pilgrims were on the annual pilgrimage (Yatra) to Amarnath shrine. The number of pilgrims in 1992 reached 50,000. The first attack against the pilgrims happened in 1993, the same year the Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Ansar had announced a ban due to demolition of the Babri Masjid. The pilgrimage however passed off mostly peacefully. In 1994-5 and 1998, the grou
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Amarnath_Yatra_tragedy
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2009-01-09T20:39:41Z
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2024-09-11T08:23:03Z
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