Falling Meteorite Kills 2. Calcutta, Sept. 20, 1928 A flaming meteorite which fell near the village of Kanth in the District of Jalaun took the lives of two men.
22 September 1928 An iron meteorite weighing two tons fell in the village of Kanth, in the Central Provinces, killing two men and seriously injuring a third. The cavity made in the ground was 30 feet deep. This is believed to be the first recorded instance of a human being being killed by a meteorite. Read more
Saturday 17 November 1928 Scientific interest in India has been aroused by the report of a fatal meteorite fall in the village of Kanth, in the United Provinces, which, if true, furnishes an instance of a bolt from the blue almost unparalleled in the records. Read more