History of Maha Kumbh is full of accidents: Crowd coming on Mauni Amavasya is scaring people, thousands have lost their lives

Prayagraj: There is a lot of enthusiasm among the people about the world's largest religious gathering in Prayagraj, the confluence of Uttar Pradesh. The tent city with colorful lights gives a supernatural experience. People are coming from different corners of the world in the bitter cold to experience this experience. Foreign guests are coming to see the Chhath of Mahakumbh. According to government estimates, this time 45 crore people will participate in the Hindutva fair.

According to government data, from January 13 to January 20, 8.89 crore people have taken a dip of faith in the Sangam. Whereas till now only one of the main bathing festivals has come. Makar Sankranti is considered the best date to take bath in Ganga or Sangam. Bathing festivals begin from this day. Whereas Mauni Amavasya is considered to be the biggest bathing festival of Mahakumbh, which is on 29th February, but after the accident that happened yesterday, now the crowd coming on the day of Mauni Amavasya is creating fear in the minds. If something happens on February 29, it will be difficult to handle.

the flames frightened

Yesterday, when the news of initial arson in Mahakumbh came, there was fear of major loss of life. The way huge flames were visible. This could have caused huge damage. However, the fire was controlled in time. Even though there was no loss of life, the horrific flames of fire have frightened. Because Kumbh has a history full of accidents. In which thousands of people have lost their lives.

Accident in Mahakumbh of 1994 (Photo- Social Media)

Thousands die in Kumbh stampede to see Nehru

If we examine the history of Prayagraj Mahakumbh, it started with accidents. It is the year 1954. After independence, Mahakumbh was being organized for the first time in Prayagraj. The government did not want to leave any stone unturned in the preparations. At that time President Dr. Rajendra Prasad was also doing Kalpavas for one month. 3rd February was the day of Mauni Amavasya. Lakhs of people had reached Sangam after taking bath. There was mud because of the rain. News came that Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was coming. The crowd gathered to see him. Seeing the crowd coming towards them, the Naga monks took swords and tridents and ran to kill the people. A stampede broke out. One who fell once could not get up again. To save their lives, people climbed electric poles and hung on wires. More than a thousand people were killed in the stampede.

The UP government said that no accident took place, but a photographer had secretly taken the picture. The picture was published in the newspaper the next day. Political uproar arose. Nehru had to give a statement in Parliament. After 65 years, in 2019, PM Modi held Nehru responsible for that accident.

Accident at railway station during Kumbh 2013 (Photo- Social Media)

Kept searching for the shroud all night in 2013

10th February 2013 was Sunday. That day also was Mauni Amavasya. It was around 7:30-8:00 in the evening. Allahabad Railway Station was not a place to set foot, but the crowd was not ready to accept it. At the time of the incident, platform number 6 was very crowded. Meanwhile, it was announced that the train coming to platform number 6 will now come to some other platform. On hearing this, people started running to go to that platform. There was not even space to keep sesame seeds on the foot over bridge. Seeing people running away, the railway police started using their sticks. People started falling on each other. A stampede broke out. Many people even fell from the over bridge. 36 people died in this accident.

At this time, there was a Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh and the Chief Minister was Akhilesh Yadav. Azam Khan was made in-charge of Kumbh. Taking moral responsibility for the accident, he resigned from the post of minister.

Accident in Mahakumbh 2025 (Photo- Social Media)

accident of 2025

CM Yogi was visiting Mahakumbh on Sunday, hence everyone was busy in it, but suddenly a cloud of smoke was seen rising from the tents of Geeta Press. People reached the spot running. Was immediately surrounded from all sides. About 20 vehicles were used to extinguish the fire. Rescue was carried out by being surrounded from all sides.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present at the fair itself.

It was CM Yogi's visit, so all the teams were already on alert mode. As soon as smoke was seen rising in the fair area, teams from fire brigade to NDRF became active. According to people nearby, the fire brigade arrived within 10 minutes. 400 tents were surrounded from all sides. Police personnel had already arrived and took people away from the fire. During this, the entire spot was surrounded within 10 minutes. 600 soldiers and 32 fire brigades extinguished the fire, but 140 colleges were burnt to ashes.