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{{Infobox news event
|image=[[File:Uttar Pradesh locator map.svg|200px]]
|caption=Stampede in Uttar Pradesh
|date= {{start date|df=yes|2010|03|4}}
|time=
|place=[[Kunda, India|Kunda]], Uttar Pradesh, India
|fatalities=63
|reported injuries=100+
|reported deaths=at least 63
}}
{{Coord|25|37|9|N|81|41|12|E|type:landmark_region:IN-UP|display=title|notes=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/495204/Ram-Janki-temple |title=Ram Janki temple |publisher=Wikimapia.org |access-date=6 March 2010}}</ref>}}
The '''Pratapgarh stampede''' was an incident that occurred on 4 March 2010, at [[Ram Janki]] temple of the [[Kripalu Maharaj]] ashram in [[Kunda, India|Kunda]], Uttar Pradesh, India, that killed 63 people<ref name="ToI 20100304">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/At-least-65-dead-in-stampede-in-UP-temple/articleshow/5640416.cms|title=At least 65 dead in stampede in UP temple|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> and seriously injured 74 more.<ref name="Hindu 20100311">{{cite web|last1=Special Correspondent|title=Mayawati announces compensation for victims of ashram stampede|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/11/stories/2010031164381400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316141343/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/11/stories/2010031164381400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 July 2014|location=Lucknow, India|date=11 March 2010}}</ref> The incident occurred as 10,000 people attended the temple to receive free items, such as clothes and food, on the first anniversary of the death of the wife of Kripalu Maharaj.<ref name="TUK 20100304">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7367186/Indian-temple-stampede-leaves-60-dead.html|title=Indian temple stampede leaves 60 dead|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

==Cause==
An unfinished temple gate fell,<ref name="Sky 20100304">{{cite web|author=Damien Pearse|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/India-Temple-Stampede-Children-Among-More-Than-60-Killed-In-Uttar-Pradesh/Article/201003115566976?lpos=World_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_8&lid=ARTICLE_15566976_India_Temple_Stampede%3A_Children_Among_More_Than_60_Killed_In_Uttar_Pradesh|title=Thirty-Seven Children Die in India Stampede|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> which may have led to a panic among the crowd and to the [[stampede]].<ref name="ToUK Page"/> Some were crushed beneath the gate while others were trampled by other members of the crowd.<ref name="ToUK Page"/> The cause of the gate's fall was not immediately clear,<ref name="AJ 20100304">{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/03/201034105714498716.html|title=Scores dead in India stampede|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> but it may have been torn down by the crowd.<ref name="TUK 20100304"/> This year's lunch had increased attendance due to "the prior announcement that some utensils would also be distributed along with lunch", a lawmaker said.<ref name="AN Tangbawan"/> A nearby tea stall owner, witness to the stampede, reported people fearing electrocution may have caused panic. As rumours broke out that a live electric wire was in the area and had already electrocuted someone, the crowd rushed towards the under-construction gate causing it to crash.<ref name="Electrocution rumour sparked UP ashram stampede">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/electrocution-rumour-sparked-up-ashram-stampede/111084-3.html?from=tn?from=rssfeed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006141151/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/electrocution-rumour-sparked-up-ashram-stampede/111084-3.html?from=tn?from=rssfeed|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2012|title=Electrocution rumour sparked UP ashram stampede|date=5 March 2010|publisher=IBNLive.com|access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref>

==Stampede==
Of the more than 63 deaths, there were at least 37 children<ref name="TUK 20100304"/><ref name="ToUK Page"/> and 26 women, who collapsed onto their children and were trampled themselves.<ref name="ToUK Page">{{cite news|author=Jeremy Page|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7049702.ece|title=Stampede for free clothes at Hindu temple in India kills at least 63|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|work=The Times}}</ref> There are no reports of any deaths or injuries to men.<ref name="Northern Indian temple stampede kills 37 children, 26 women">{{cite web|author=Jeremy Page|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/northern-indian-temple-stampede-kills-37-children-26-women/story-e6frf7jx-1225837157499|title=Northern Indian temple stampede kills 37 children, 26 women|date=5 March 2010|access-date=5 March 2010|publisher=[[Herald Sun]]}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="63 killed in Indian temple stampede">{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0304/india.html|title=63 killed in Indian temple stampede|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]]}}</ref> Many of the dead were poor villagers taking advantage of the offer of free food.<ref name="More Than 60 Killed in Stampede at Indian Temple">{{cite web|author=Anjana Pasricha|url=http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/63-Killed-in-Stampede-at-Indian-Temple-86323802.html|title=More Than 60 Killed in Stampede at Indian Temple|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[Voice of America]]}}</ref> Witnesses said police exacerbated the incident by [[Police brutality|beating people]] with [[Fighting stick|lathis]].<ref name="AN Tangbawan">{{cite web|author=Romulo Tangbawan |url=http://arabnews.com/world/article25865.ece |title=63 dead in stampede over food at Indian temple |date=4 March 2010 |access-date=4 March 2010 |publisher=[[ArabNews]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307122736/http://arabnews.com/world/article25865.ece |archive-date=7 March 2010 }}</ref>

==Aftermath==
Indian television aired images of stones being thrown.<ref name="India Temple Stampede Kills 63">{{cite web|author=Vibhuti Agarwal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704187204575100983084684828?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories|title=India Temple Stampede Kills 63|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|publisher=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> People and media complained about the lack of [[crowd control]] techniques at the temple thereby exaggerating the death toll.<ref name="More Than 60 Killed in Stampede at Indian Temple"/> Many hundreds of weeping friends and relatives went to a local hospital upon hearing of the stampede.<ref name="TUK 20100304"/><ref name="ToUK Page"/> An inquiry was asked for by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state government.<ref name="Allahabad Commissioner to probe stampede, report in 24 hours">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_allahabad-commissioner-to-probe-stampede-report-in-24-hours_1355276|title=Allahabad Commissioner to probe stampede, report in 24 hours|date=4 March 2010|access-date=4 March 2010|publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]}}</ref> A report is expected to be finalised within 48 hours.<ref name="Allahabad Commissioner to probe stampede, report in 24 hours"/> The ashram remained closed since the incident and large number of policemen including armed personnel were stationed outside its gates.<ref name="Electrocution rumour sparked UP ashram stampede" /> President of [[Indian National Congress]] and chairman of ruling [[United Progressive Alliance]], [[Sonia Gandhi]], condoled the deaths of women and children in stampede.<ref name="Sonia condoles stampede deaths">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article153818.ece|title=Sonia condoles stampede deaths|date=5 March 2010|work=The Hindu|access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref>

On 5 March [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Manmohan Singh]] announced a compensation of {{INRConvert|200000}} to relatives of those died in stampede and {{INRConvert|50000}} to those who were seriously injured.<ref name="Prime Minister Announces Compensation For Uttar Pradesh Stampede Victims">{{cite news|url=http://www.india-server.com/news/prime-minister-announces-compensation-22265.html |title=Prime Minister Announces Compensation For Uttar Pradesh Stampede Victims |date=5 March 2010 |publisher=IndiaServer.com |access-date=5 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307050305/http://www.india-server.com/news/prime-minister-announces-compensation-22265.html |archive-date=7 March 2010 }}</ref> On 10 March Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister [[Mayawati]] announced "...compensation of Rs. 2.50 ''[[lakh]]'' [(250,000)] each for the next of kin of the 63 persons who died ... [and] Rs. 75,000 ... for each of the 74 who were injured." It's not clear whether this was (or was intended to be) in addition to the Prime Minister's announced payments.<ref name="Hindu 20100311"/>

On 7 March, spiritual guru Kripaluji Maharaj's Bhakti Dham Ashr announced that it would pay a lakh (100,000) rupees each to the families of the 63 dead and Rs. 50,000 to each of the 64 injured. The funds were given to the district magistrate to distribute to the correct parties.<ref name="IE 20100307">{{cite web|title=Ashram pays damages to kin of stampede victims|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/article255627.ece?service=print|publisher=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=6 July 2014|location=Mangarh, Pratapgarh, India | agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]|date=7 March 2010}}</ref>

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