est.₹4,686,500 (equivalent to ₹2,947,491,295 in 2023)
Surat circa 1830
In April 1837, a fire broke out in the Indian city of Surat, then under British East India Company rule. It resulted in more than 500 deaths and the destruction of 9,737 houses in a 9+3⁄4-mile (16 km) radius. It was the most destructive fire in the history of the city.[1][2]
^Gujarat State Gazetteers: Surat District (2nd (Revised in 1962), 1st (1877) ed.). Ahmedabad: Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. 1962. pp. 976–978. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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