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2013 North India floods

Index 2013 North India floods

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides becoming the country's natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. [1]

72 relations: Alaknanda River, Allahabad, Badrinath, Bijnor, Border Security Force, Bulandshahr, Char Dham, Chorabari Glacier, Chota Char Dham, Cloudburst, CNN-News18, Delhi, Dhauliganga River, Drainage basin, Far-Western Development Region, Nepal, Ganges, Gangotri, Gauri Kund, Government of Chhattisgarh, Government of Delhi, Government of Gujarat, Government of Haryana, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Government of Maharashtra, Government of Odisha, Government of Tamil Nadu, Guard of honour, Gurgaon, Haridwar, Haryana, Hemkund, Himachal Pradesh, Hindu, Hindustan Times, India, India Meteorological Department, India Today, Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Jyotirmath, Kedarnath, Kedarnath (mountain), Kedarnath Temple, Landslide, List of public works ministries, Mandakini River, Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal, Mil Mi-17, ..., National Disaster Response Force, National Highway 58 (India), NDTV, Nepal, New Delhi, Prime Minister of India, Roopkund, Rudraprayag district, Sharda River, Sikh, The Economic Times, The Hindu, The Times of India, Tibet, United States Agency for International Development, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Valley of Flowers National Park, Yamuna, Yamunotri, Zee News, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Expand index (22 more) »

Alaknanda River

The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and one of the two headstreams of the Ganga, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism.

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Allahabad

Prayag, or Allahabad is a large metropolitan city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Allahabad District, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India, and the Allahabad Division.

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Badrinath

Badrinath is a holy town and a nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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Bijnor

Bijnor, is a city and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Border Security Force

The Border Security Force (BSF) is the primary border guarding force of India.

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Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Char Dham

The Char Dham ("four abodes") is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India.

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Chorabari Glacier

The Chorabari Glacier or Chorabari Bamak Glacier is a glacier in the Garhwal Himalaya region of the state of Uttarakhand in India.

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Chota Char Dham

The Chota Char Dham (Devanagari: छोटा चार धाम) (literally translated as 'the small four abodes/seats', meaning 'the small circuit of four abodes/seats'), is an important Hindu pilgrimage circuit on the under upgradation Chardham Road Highway and under construction Chota Char Dham Railway in the Indian Himalayas.

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Cloudburst

A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, that is capable of creating flood conditions.

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CNN-News18

CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Rajdeep Sardesai located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

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Delhi

Delhi (Dilli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India.

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Dhauliganga River

The Dhauliganga is one of the six source streams of the Ganges river.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Far-Western Development Region, Nepal

The Far-Western Development Region (Nepali: सुदुर पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, Sudur Pashchimānchal Bikās Kshetra) was one of Nepal's five development regions.

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Ganges

The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.

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Gangotri

Gangotri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

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Gauri Kund

Gauri Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage site and base camp for trek to Kedarnath Temple, in Uttarakhand, India.

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Government of Chhattisgarh

The Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 27 districts.

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Government of Delhi

The Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the governing authority of the Indian national capital territory of Delhi and its 11 districts.

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Government of Gujarat

The Government of Gujarat, also known as the State Government of Gujarat, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts.

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Government of Haryana

The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts.

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Government of Madhya Pradesh

The Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 51 districts.

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Government of Maharashtra

The Government of Maharashtra is the government for the state of Maharashtra in Western India.

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Government of Odisha

The Government of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch.

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Government of Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu is the governing authority for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Guard of honour

A guard of honour (en-GB), guard of honor (en-US), also honour guard (en-GB), honor guard (en-US), also ceremonial guard, is a guard, usually military in nature, appointed to receive or guard a head of state or other dignitary, the fallen in war, or to attend at state ceremonials, especially funerals.

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Gurgaon

Gurgaon, officially named Gurugram since 2016, is a satellite city of Delhi located in the Indian state of Haryana and is part of the National Capital Region of India.

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Haridwar

Haridwar (pron:ˈ), also spelled Hardwar, is an ancient city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India.

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Haryana

Haryana, carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1November 1966 on linguistic basis, is one of the 29 states in India.

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Hemkund

Hemkund Sahib (also spelled Hemkunt), formally known as Gurudwara Sri Hemkund Sahib Ji, is a Sikh place of worship and pilgrimage site in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India.

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Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ("Hindustan" being a historical name for India).

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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India Meteorological Department

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), also referred to as the Met Department, is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.

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India Today

India Today is an Indian English-language fortnightly news magazine and news television channel.

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Indian Air Force

The Indian Air Force (IAF; IAST: Bhāratīya Vāyu Senā) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces.

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Indian Army

The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indian Navy

The Indian Navy (IN; IAST: Bhāratīya Nau Senā) is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indo-Tibetan Border Police

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

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Jyotirmath

Jyotirmath, also known as Joshimath is a city and a municipal board in Chamoli District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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Kedarnath

Kedarnath is a town in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and has gained importance because of Kedarnath Temple.

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Kedarnath (mountain)

Kedarnath (or Kedarnath Main) and Kedarnath Dome (or Kedar Dome) are two mountains in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand state, India.

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Kedarnath Temple

Kēdārnāth Mandir (Kedarnath Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.

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Landslide

The term landslide or, less frequently, landslip, refers to several forms of mass wasting that include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows and debris flows.

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List of public works ministries

This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure.

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Mandakini River

Mandakini is a tributary of the Alaknanda River.

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Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal

The Mid-Western Development Region (Nepali: मध्य-पश्चिमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, Madhya-Pashchimānchal Bikās Kshetra) was one of the largest and formerly one of Nepal's five development regions.

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Mil Mi-17

The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Russian helicopter in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude.

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National Disaster Response Force

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is a specialised force constituted "for the purpose of specialist response to a threatening disaster situation or disaster" under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

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National Highway 58 (India)

National Highway 58 (NH 58 NEW) is a National Highway in India connecting Fatehpur and Udaipur in the state of Rajasthan.

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NDTV

New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian television media company founded in 1988 by Radhika Roy, a journalist.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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New Delhi

New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of Government of India.

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Prime Minister of India

The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive of the Government of India.

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Roopkund

Roopkund (locally known as Mystery Lake, Skeletons Lake) is a high altitude glacial lake in the Uttarakhand state of India.

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Rudraprayag district

Rudraprayag district, is a district of Uttarakhand state of northern India.

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Sharda River

The Sharda River (Hindi: शारदा नदी) or Mahakali River (Nepali: महाकाली नदी) is also called Kali Gad (Hindi: काली गाड़, kālī gād) or Kali Ganga in Uttarakhand where the river demarcates Nepal's western border with India.

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Sikh

A Sikh (ਸਿੱਖ) is a person associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion that originated in the 15th century based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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The Economic Times

The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd..

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Times of India

The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.

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Tibet

Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

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Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, officially the State of Uttarakhand (Uttarākhaṇḍ Rājya), formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

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Valley of Flowers National Park

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located in West Himalaya, in the state of Uttarakhand and is known for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and the variety of flora.

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Yamuna

The Yamuna (Hindustani: /jəmʊnaː/), also known as the Jumna, (not to be mistaken with the Jamuna of Bangladesh) is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

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Yamunotri

Yamunotri is the source of the Yamuna River and the seat of the Goddess Yamuna in Hinduism.

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Zee News

Zee News is an Indian news channel launched in 6 July 1999 and is the flagship property of Zee Media Corporation Limited, company and a subsidiary of Essel Group.The channel is owned by Subhash Chandra, an independent member of the Rajya Sabha.

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on 26 December with the epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_North_India_floods

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