List of Major Disasters In India

The list of major disasters in India from 1972 to 2014. the disaster is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

Sl. No.	Name of Event	Year	State & Area
1	Drought	1972	Large part of the country
2	Cyclone	1977	Andhra Pradesh
3	Drought	1987	15 States
4	Latur Earthquake	1993	Latur, Marathwada region of Maharashtra
5	Orissa Super Cyclone	1999	Orissa
6	Gujarat Earthquake	2001	Rapar, Bhuj, Bhachau, Anjar, Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat State
7	Tsunami	2004	Coastline of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India
8	Maharashtra Floods	2005	Maharashtra State
9	Kashmir Earthquake	2005	Mostly Pakistan, Partially Kashmir
10	Kosi Floods	2008	North Bihar
11	Cyclone Nisha	2008	Tamil Nadu
12	Drought	2009	252 districts in 10 states
13	Leh Cloudburst	2010	Leh, Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir
14	Sikkim Earthquake	2011	North-eastern India with epicenter near Nepal Border and Sikkim
15	Uttarakhand flash floods	2013	Uttarakhand
16	Tropical Cyclone Hudhud	2014	Andhra Pradesh, near the city of Visakhapatnam