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For a list based on power or death toll see largest artificial non-nuclear explosions or the explosions section of list of accidents and disasters by death toll. This list also contains notable explosions that would not qualify for the articles mentioned above and is more detailed, especially for the latest centuries.
Determining the power of explosions is difficult, but this was probably the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapon test, and the largest non-nuclear planned explosion until the 1947 British Heligoland detonation (below). The Messines mines detonation killed more people than any other non-nuclear deliberate ...
Pages in category "Explosions in India" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. ... a non-profit organization.
HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) -At least 15 people were killed in an explosion on Wednesday at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, a district government ...
India first tested a nuclear device in 1974 (code-named "Smiling Buddha"), under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as a peaceful nuclear explosion. The test used plutonium produced in the Canadian-supplied CIRUS reactor , and raised concerns that nuclear technology supplied for peaceful purposes could be diverted to weapons purposes.
Peaceful nuclear explosions (1 C, 14 P) Explosion protection (1 C, 28 P) S. Supernovae (5 C, 264 P) ... Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions + List of explosions; B.
USS Mount Hood, 10 November 1944 explosion of an ammunition ship at Seeadler Harbor, 432 killed; Tolar, New Mexico, 30 November 1944, munitions carried by train exploded, causing extensive damage to town and killing 1. RAF Fauld explosion, UK underground munitions storage depot in 1944, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history
Pages in category "Industrial fires and explosions in India" ... out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. ... a non-profit organization.