TNPSC Thervupettagam

Coal Miners Day - May 4

May 7 , 2020 1538 days 1060 0
  • Coal Miners Day is observed on 4th May every year to highlight the toughest profession and the people working in coal mines.
  • Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel on Earth and Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the earth.
  • In India, coal mining began in 1774. 
  • John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Healthy of the East India Company commenced commercial exploitation in the Raniganj Coalfield of West Bengal along the Western bank of Damodar River.
  • The states Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and some central and southern parts of the country are coal-rich regions.
  • More than half of India's commercial energy needs are fulfilled by coal.

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