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{{Short description|Explosion on passenger train, West Bengal}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=2006 West Bengal train disaster
|location=[[West Bengal]], [[India]]
|target=[[train]]
|date=20 November 2006
|time-begin=6:10
|time-end=6:10
|timezone=[[GMT]]
|type=[[bomb]]
|fatalities=5
|injuries=between 25 and 66
|perps=unknown
}}
{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}
The '''2006 [[West Bengal]] train disaster''' was a fatal suspected terrorist explosion on a train travelling between [[New Jalpaiguri]] and [[Haldibari, West Bengal|Haldibari]] that occurred on 20 November 2006, when the train was in a remote part of [[West Bengal State]], [[India]]. Five people were killed, and between fifty and twenty-five were injured, although [[home secretary]] [[Prasad Ranjan Ray]] says officials believe there may in fact be as many as sixty-six injured. Two passenger cars were damaged. The explosion was due to a still-undetermined cause, but terrorism is suspected. The train was about {{convert|550|km|mi}} from [[Kolkata]].

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* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/india.train.blast/index.html|title=Train blast kills 5 on eastern India|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=20 November 2006}}</ref> - Retrieved on 23 November 2006{{dead link|date=March 2014}}

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