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The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Its Impact On India | In Pics 

ꦍ20 years ago, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century struck Tamil Nadu on December 26. In 2004, a megaquake hit the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in southern Asia. The tsunami, which hit Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala, was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean near the island of Sumatra.

Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

𒉰In this file photo army personnel carry out relief operations at a tsunami-hit village, in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami 20th Anniversary
Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu | Photo: PTI

🐎In this file photo people look at a damaged vehicle and other debris lying on the Marina beach after it was hit by tidal waves following the massive earthquake in Indonesia triggering tidal waves and flooding parts of coastal India, in Chennai.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

🉐In this file a tilted ATC tower at the IAF airbase, carNic when the island was hit by tsunami waves.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

𒐪In this file photo army personnel shift a boat which was swept to a residential area of a tsunami-hit village, in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

ꦜIn this file photo an old lady being carried by her relatives as panic stricken people shift their belongings from residences near the sea following the massive earthquake in Indonesia triggering tsunami waves and flooding parts of coastal India, in Chennai.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

🅷In this file photo wreckage of property visible as residents still search for their belongings after the devastating tsunami, at Akkaraipettai village, in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

♐In this file photo army personnel clear debris at a tsunami-hit village, in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

🌠In this file photo a family moves to a safer place after their livelihood got swept away by tsunami waves, in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

꧃In this file photo a tsunami victim cries on seeing her damaged house, at a fishermen's colony in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

🦄In this file photo Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet colleagues listen to a woman's woes at a relief camp for tsunami victims, at Colachel in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.

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Tsunami Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Tsunami 20th Anniversary | Photo: PTI

🦋In this file photo an aerial view of the Marina beach following the massive earthquake in Indonesia triggering tsunami waves and flooding parts of coastal India, in Chennai.

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