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Book/Printed Material Earthquakes of India: Volume I.

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Title

  • Earthquakes of India: Volume I.

Summary

  • This work describes the events before, during, and after a massive earthquake that struck early in the morning of April 4, 1905, at Kangra, a town in the Himalayan foothills in the northern region of India historically known as Punjab (in the present-day state of Himachal Pradesh). Before the quake, seismic activity had extinguished the flames of combustible gas that usually jetted out at the nearby Hindu temple of Jawala Mukhi, and worshippers thought the gods displeased. The earthquake and its aftershocks killed between 20,000 and 25,000 people and caused major damage to Kangra Fort, first mentioned in the fourth century BC in the annals of Alexander the Great. Most buildings in Kangra were flattened, with great destruction in other more distant parts of the region. The accounts included in this book were compiled and edited by Muhammad Abdul Qadir, also called Ta'ib Baduwi, about whom little is known beyond his authorship of another book concerning warfare between Turkey and Greece and his ownership of the Army Press at Simla.

Names

  • Qadir, Muhammad Abdul Editor

Created / Published

  • Simla, India : Army Press, 1905.

Headings

  • -  India--Himāchal Pradesh--Kangra
  • -  1905-04-04
  • -  Earthquakes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 372 pages ; 23.6 x 15.3 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Government College University Lahore.
  • -  Content in Urdu.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021666204

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Chicago citation style:

Qadir, Muhammad Abdul Editor. Earthquakes of India: Volume I. Simla, India: Army Press, 1905. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666204/.

APA citation style:

Qadir, M. A. E. (1905) Earthquakes of India: Volume I. Simla, India: Army Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666204/.

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Qadir, Muhammad Abdul Editor. Earthquakes of India: Volume I. Simla, India: Army Press, 1905. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666204/>.