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10 big events that Indians would never like to be repeated

New Delhi: Since its independence in 1947, India has gone through several vicissitudes. There has been many pleasant moments too in recent Indian history.These moments include World Cup cricket wins, historic victories in 1965 and

India TV News Desk Updated on: April 06, 2014 7:29 IST

9. Power blackout, 2012

 

It was one of the worst power blackout in the history of India, with 28 states  drowned in darkness as electricity supply failed.

Traffic lights went out, trains were stuck, and offices were shut, when three of the country's five electricity grids failed at lunchtime.

First to fail was India's northern grid, which had also collapsed the previous day leaving an estimated 350 million people in the dark for up to 14 hours. It was quickly followed by the eastern grid, which includes Kolkata, then the north-eastern grid.

More than 700 million people were affected by the power blackout that hampered work and life. The power minister then was Sushilkumar Shinde, who was immediately promoted to the post of Home Minister by the UPA government at the Centre.

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