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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.

The Pittsburgh Press - Sep 20, 1928


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.
 
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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.
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