Malpa landslide

Malpa landslide was one of worst landslides in India.

On 11 and 17 August 1998 at village Malpa in Uttarkhand state about 380 people were killed when massive landslides washed away the entire village. The dead included 60 Hindu pilgrims on their way to Kailash Mansarovar lake in Tibet.The noted Indian dancer Protima Bedi was one of the pilgrims who died in the landslide.

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