New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Indian stock market entered October by recording its longest eighth straight weekly loss. It was the longest such streak of Nifty and Sensex in 25 years. The sharp decline on Thursday came as stock market investors entered October, which is infamous among global investors for incidents like Black Monday stock market crash in October 1987 and the Wall Street crash of 1929.

As October begins, let's revisit some of the biggest stock market crashes in October and understand how Nifty and Sensex have performed in the month over the last ten years.

The Black Monday stock market crash occurred on October 19, 1987. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 22% in a single day. The catastrophic fall marked the largest...