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Was looking at records of meteoritic impacts in India. Wonder how many of the falls have been preserved.
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1800 CE shortly after the English conquest of the tyrant of Mysuru a fall was reported at shrIrangapattana which is was said to be “the size of an elephant”: Exaggeration ?
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Dec 19th 1798 CE the vArANasi fall – a loud explosion was heard; several falling bodies were heard crashing to the ground. Another report of objects falling from the sky was reported 14 km from vArANasi. Next day several fragments of a meteorite were recovered. Any survive?
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“The Butsura fall”. A fall of up to 5 stone on 12 May 1861 CE during the days of English tyranny in the vicinity of Bagaha village, Champaran District, with largest pieces of ~19 kg and ~5 kg mass; total 29 kg. Some pieces are in Kolkata and others in London
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The dharmashAlA fall in the Panjab on ~2:15 PM, 14th July, 1860 CE. An Irish observer noted that the hands of the “c001ies” who picked up the fragments were benumbed & they had to drop it right away.
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On February 28, 1857 as the first war of independence was raging a 77.5 kg rock fell from the sky at “Parnallee”, rAmanAthapuram, TN. It is said that have been accompanied by crashing noises for 15-20 mins. A fragment now lies in London.
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Jul 15 (?) 1810 CE “a great fall of stones from the sky” in Fatehgarh near Shahabad in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Some time in Nov 1814 CE the english recorded a great stone falling from the sky in their newly conquered territories between ga~NgA & yamunA any fragments survive?
Regarding the Fatehgarh incident we have the following English account: It was apparently a rather destructive impact. This is reminiscent of the Ming record from the spring of 1490 CE where they state that a giant fall of stones from the sky in Ch’ing-yang killed thousands of peoples. This might have been the fragment of a comet reported by Japanese astronomers in that year.
For some more Indian falls see: https://t.co/0OsuYbpsE9
Three major impact craters of India which are due to even bigger falls than the above. These probably occurred in the last 5000-100000 years https://t.co/1d65x7awoB
Some have dated the Luna crater in Gujarat to around ~4000 yrs ago. If true, the Harrapans on “the eve” of the Aryan invasion would have seen that catastrophic crash.