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The '''1965 Dhanbad coal mine disaster''' occurred on 28 May 1965, in a coal mine near [[Dhanbad]], a town in [[India]]. On the fateful day, there was an explosion in [[Dhori Area|Dhori colliery]] near Dhanbad, which led to fire in the mines. The fire killed 268 miners.<ref>{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha, Volume 58, Issues 9-17|date=1966|publisher=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha Council of States Secretariat|page=1876|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HBAfAQAAIAAJ|quote=..were killed in all including 268 in the Dhori Colliery Disaster on 28-5-65.}}</ref><ref name=l>{{cite book|title=Link, Volume 15, Part 3|date=1973|publisher=United India Periodicals, 1973|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k25DAAAAYAAJ|quote=It was the worst mining disaster since the Dhori explosion in May, 1965. The families of 268 miners who lost their lives in the Dhori mine blast, then owned by the Ramgarh Raja, have not yet received a single paisa as compensation.}}</ref> Dhori colliery is located near [[Bermo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ten Worst Worldwide Mining Disasters|url=http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/comments/the_ten_worst_worldwide_mining_disasters/ |accessdate=7 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418115719/http://www.epicdisasters.com/index.php/site/comments/the_ten_worst_worldwide_mining_disasters |archivedate=18 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years By Gopa Sabharwal|date=2007|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&pg=PA104}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian & Eastern Engineer|date=1978|page=129|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-etQAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> The mine was at that time privately owned by the [[Raja of Ramgarh]]<ref name=l/><br />
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