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List of all shark attacks in india

Fatal Attacks

21

Unprovoked Attacks

36

Total Attacks

40

There have been a total of 40 shark attacks in INDIA. Out of those, 21 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 52.50%. 36 attacks came out of the blue while 4 have been provoked by humans.

Provoked

Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
Triplicane Beach, Chennai BathingFATALYES 12yo male
At Panihattu, Barrackpore, Dackhineshwar, Barahonagore, Kashipur & Chitpur down to Baug Bazar ghats "More than 20 persons severely bitten by sharks this year. Almost all were fatal"YES
Machhagan 09-09-1959 6' shark5 fatalities, 30 injuredYES
Mouth of Devi River at Machgaon 31-08-1959 1.5 m to 1.8 m [5' to 6'] sharks5 people killed by sharks, 30 others injuredYES
Malwan, near Ratnagiri 31-12-1957 FATALYES male
Hooghley River near Budge-Budge 01-05-1938 Bathing2 survived, 1 FATALYES
14-11-1928 No injury to occupants, shark bit keelNO 24yo dhow, occupant Eugene Wright
31-12-1899 Cut to arm while roping shark PROVOKED INCIDENTNO male
Madras Harbor 19-10-1893 MurderFATALYES A young pearl trader
Madras 02-10-1889 SwimmingFATALYES B, a young English officer
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