List of alcohol poisonings in India

This is a partial list of alcohol poisonings in India. These incidents are often – but not exclusively – associated with methanol poisoning of the victims, where toxic methyl alcohol is used as a cheap way, as compared to the proper use of ethanol, to increase the alcohol content of moonshine.


 * 1978 Dhanbad liquor tragedy
 * 1981 Karnataka alcohol poisonings
 * 1982 Vypin alcohol poisonings
 * 1991 Delhi alcohol poisonings
 * 1992 Odisha liquor deaths
 * 2008 Karnataka-Tamil Nadu alcohol poisonings
 * 2009 Gujarat alcohol poisonings
 * 2011 Sangrampur methanol poisonings
 * 2011 Bengal alcohol poisonings
 * 2012 Odisha alcohol poisonings
 * 2013 Azamgarh alcohol poisonings
 * 2015 Bengal alcohol poisonings
 * 2015 Mumbai alcohol poisonings
 * 2016 Bihar alcohol poisonings
 * 2019 Assam alcohol poisonings
 * 2019 Uttar Pradesh - Uttarakhand alcohol poisoning
 * 2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning
 * 2022 Gujarat Toxic Liquor deaths
 * 2022 Bihar alcohol poisoning
 * 2024 Kallakurichi alcohol poisonings