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Coal Miners Day - May 4
May 7 , 2020
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- 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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