As many as 24 died and nearly 100 passengers were injured when the Kaling Utkal Express derailed near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday evening. A chronology of major train accidents in India in the past seven years:August 19, 2017: At least 20 people were killed and 92 injured when 14 coaches of the Kalinga Utkal Express derailed in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh. January 21, 2017: 29 people were killed and 50 others injured when the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express derailed in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district. May 28, 2010: 148 passengers were killed when the Gyaneshwari Express was derailed by Maoists in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. Also ReadKalinga Utkal Express derailment: Why Indian Railways is not able to fix the issue of passenger safety

Source: India Today August 20, 2017 12:56 UTC