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.
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| Location | Date | Time | Species | Activity | Injury | Fatal | Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutch Coast | 12-07-1888 | The Dwarka foundered | FATAL, only 1 of her crew of 7 survived | YES | 6 crew | ||
| Ganges River | 14-05-1880 | 11h00 | Left hand severed, arm & right calf injured | NO | 20yo Sutto Cumar Mukerjea, a.k.a. Haboo | ||
| Hoogly River | 13-05-1880 | Bathing in river | Hands, forearm & left thigh lacerated, radial artery severed | NO | 60yo a widow | ||
| (Calcutta?) | 01-05-1880 | 12h00 | Bathing in river | FATAL, left forearm & hand bitten, brachial artery severed, died of secondary hemorrhage 11 days later | YES | Sasti | |
| Panihati, 4 miles south of Barrackpore on the Hoogly River | 01-05-1880 | 10h00 | Bathing | FATAL, right leg severed at mid-thigh, femur severed | YES | 11yo N., a native boy | |
| Port Blair | 23-12-1879 | 3 sharks | Swimming | FATAL | YES | 23yo Kenney | |
| Near Calcutta | 31-12-1877 | Thigh severely bitten, femur exposed & grooved | NO | Indian | |||
| Hoogly River at Multah | 23-03-1871 | Bathing | FATAL, left thigh & buttock bitten, died of pneumonia 7 weeks later | YES | 30yo Deno | ||
| Calcutta, Hoogly River at one of the ghats | 18-06-1870 | Bathing | Left arm bitten, developed gangrene, surgically amputated | NO | 40yo male, a Hindu shopkeeper | ||
| Hoogly River, Calcutta | 31-05-1870 | Bathing / standing | Right foot & leg bitten, surgically amputated | NO | 40yo B., "an Ooryah coolie" |
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