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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 15. januar 1934 / Time Line January 15, 1934
Version 3.514. Januar 1934, 16. Januar 1934
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Kæmpe jordskælv i Indien og Nepal.
Omkring 2000 mennesker omkommer.
Indienmissionæren
C. F. Andrews taler i Danmarks Radio om katastrofen. Svejseren
Pierre
Cérésole rejser til Indien for at lede
nødhjælpsarbejdet. Mohandas Gandhi udsender
følgende erklæring: "I denne store nødstilstand
bør der ikke være nogen adskillelse. Regering folk,
hinduer, muhammedanere og kristne. alle må vi arbejde sammen
for at bringe hjælp til de nødlidende".
Kilde: Bjerrum, Hans: C. F. Andrews besøg i
København. Dansk Missionsblad, 1934.
Andrews, F. C.: The Indian Earthquake. - London : George
Allen & Unwin, 1935. - 130 s.
01/15/1934
The earthquake that struck on the afternoon of January 15, 1934 was
one of the worst in India's history. Some 30,000 people were said
to have died. The epicenter was on the border between Nepal and the
Indian state of Bihar. An area of 120,000 square miles was
affected; much of Kathmandu and parts of Darjeeling were
damaged.
A report on the Bihar Earthquake and on the measures taken in
consequence thereof up to the 31st December 1934. W.B. Brett,
Relief Commissioner, Bihar and Orissa. Superintendent, Government
Printing, Bihar and Orissa, Patna, 1935. Total number of deaths (in
Bihar): 7253. Literature: 1934 Mw 8.1 Bihar/Nepal
earthquake 15 January 1934.
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http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/HimalayanEarthquakes/1934BiharNepal/1934earthquake.html
01/15/1934
Ny våbenstilstandsaftale mellem Bolivia og Paraguay.
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