Kolkata on 16 August 1980 and 4 June 2025 Bengaluru- On both dates, there is a distance of about 45 years, but one thing is the same- the passion to watch the game and the uncontrollable of the crowd. On Wednesday evening, 11 people died and many were injured in a stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this whole case, the Government of Karnataka and the Cricket Association are accused of chaos, while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has dismissed the entire case.
Keep in mind that in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore won the first world after 18 years, on which the fans of RCB were out of control and a horrific accident occurred. A Victory Parade was organized in Bangalore on June 4 on the victory of RCB, first it was to be in the open bus, but it was later postponed. The IPL franchise RCB also got a reaction on this accident.
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𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗿𝘂
We are deeply anguished by the unfortunate incidents that have come to light through media reports regarding public gatherings all over Bengaluru in anticipation of the team’s arrival this… pic.twitter.com/C0RsCUzKtQ
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) June 4, 2025
But this incident in Bangalore reminded the incident at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 1980. On 16 August 1980, the Eden Gardens (then the Salt Lake Stadium, it was prepared in 1984), a fierce clash between the fans of two teams in the Kolkata football match between rival Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, in which 16 people died. There was a fight in the crowd, stoned and stampede occurred in the crowd. People were excited in Kolkata that day, but turned into sorrow.
On Wednesday (June 4), 11 fans were killed in celebration of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the first time in the IPL winning IPL, which was to get a glimpse of Virat Kohli. Eden in 1980 Gardens And on Wednesday, both tragedy in Garden City could be avoided.
What happened in Eden Gardens?
More than 70,000 spectators were deposited in the gallery at the Eden Gardens on the afternoon of August and the fast -paced Winger Bidesh Basu of Mohun Bagan was dropped by Dilip Palit of East Bengal, who was notorious for his rough tackling. According to the reports of that time, the referee of that match, the late Sudhin Chatterjee did not control the process of the match and once when there was a scuffle between Bidesh and Dileep, tension spread in the stand.
There was stone pelting from the audience of both sides and the Kolkata police was not so cautious that the crowd could understand a situation like the crowd got nervous and started trying to run away.
The black and white picture of fans trying to avoid the stampede from the second tier of Eden Gardens still scares those families even today. 16 fans aged 18 to 60, who came out of their homes with uncontrollable happiness and enthusiasm in the afternoon, came back to the Matador (there were no carcasses in those days).
Then 40 people injured in 2012
On December 9, 2012, a similar tragedy could have happened when a stone came from the stand of the opposition team on the forehead of Rahim Nabi of Mohun Bagan. However, this view was seen when East Bengal defender Arnab Mandal was taking the star of Mohun Bagan to a safe place. The match was canceled and more than 40 people were injured in clashes on the streets of Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Policemen were also injured in a scuffle along with supporters of both sides.
Accident occurred in 1969 cricket match
In 1969, Australia had two incidents at Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium during the Test series in India. The incident took place in Mumbai after a controversial decision, in which S Venkataraghavan had to be ruled out. The audience, listening to the commentary of All India Radio, was agitated and created a ruckus. The stand caught fire, but fortunately no death occurred. The stampede -like situation at the Eden Gardens was due to the then corrupt officials of the Bengal Cricket Association, who had more fake tickets than the capacity and there were at least 20,000 people. The rumor was that when the police were trying to get the audience out, some CAB officials hid under their tables.
Other major deaths of the audience during sports events
Hillsboro (1989): A stampede at the Hillsboro Stadium in Sheffield, England, killed 97 people during the FA Cup semi -finals between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. It is still one of the worst incidents of the death of a crowd associated with sports.
Hesel Stadium Disaster (1985): The wall of a stadium collapsed at Brussels’ Hasel Stadium, killing 39 fans during the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus.
Lima Stadium Riots (1964): In terms of the number of deaths, it is the largest tragedy of sports crowds in the last 60 years. It was the Olympic Qualifier between Argentina and Peru. Riots took place due to which more than 300 people were killed and about 1000 people were injured.
Luzhaniki Stadium (1982): This was a UEFA cup match between Spartak Moscow and Harlem FC and killed 66 fans, most of whom were teenagers, making it the biggest sports tragedy in Russian history.
Haufoete-Bigni stampede (2009): During the World Cup Qualifier between Ivory Coast and Malawi in Abidadan, 19 fans were killed and 135 were seriously injured in a stampede.
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