The Godhra Train Burning Bodily_harm was an incident Catastrophe that occurred Presence on the morning of 27 February 2002 , in which 59 people died Death in a fire Catastrophe inside the Sabarmati Express train near the Godhra railway station in the Indian state Statement of Gujarat .

On 25 February , 1,700 people , a mix Cause_to_amalgamate of pilgrims and `` karsevaks '' boarded Self_motion the Sabarmati Express which was bound for Ahmedabad .