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As stock markets witnessed bloodbath on Monday, the Sensex recorded an intraday fall of 1,153.16 points till noon -- making it the biggest crash in about seven years and the fourth biggest ever for the BSE benchmark index.
Interestingly, eight out of the top-ten intraday falls took place in the year 2008. Monday's fall is biggest since October 24, 2008.
Following are the ten biggest ever intraday falls for Sensex so far:
January 22, 2008
2,272.93 points
January 21, 2008
2,062.20 pointsOctober 24, 2008
1,204.88 pointsAugust 24, 2015
1,153.16 pointsOctober 10, 2008
1,088.60 pointsMarch 17, 2008
1,022.25 pointsFebruary 11, 2008
1,007.15 pointsOctober 27, 2008
1,003.68 points October 8, 2008954.48 points
July 6, 2009953.61 points