Dabwali Fire

December 23, 1995, is perhaps the most heartrending day for the small town of Dabwali in Haryana. More than 440 lives were lost, including many children, when hundreds of students of the DAV Public School and their parents, who had gone to attend the school's annual day function, got trapped in a fire.

The Supreme Court today upheld a compensation of Rs 33 crore from the DAV school management for the families of those killed in a fire at a school function in Dabwali, Haryana in 1995. The compensation had been ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

It was one of India's worst fires. More than 400 people, most of them women and children, were burnt alive in a tent set up for a school function in Haryana.

December 23, 1995, is perhaps the most heartrending day for the small town of Dabwali in Haryana. More than 440 lives were lost, including many children, when hundreds of students of the DAV Public School and their parents, who had gone to attend the school's annual day function, got trapped in a fire.

The Supreme Court today upheld a compensation of Rs 33 crore from the DAV school management for the families of those killed in a fire at a school function in Dabwali, Haryana in 1995. The compensation had been ordered by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

It was one of India's worst fires. More than 400 people, most of them women and children, were burnt alive in a tent set up for a school function in Haryana.