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Abstract: The present study aimed to assess the knowledge of antenatal women regarding identification of alarming signs leading to obstetrical emergencies during pregnancy, labour and puerperium. A quasi experimental research design was utilized at khanam's Hospital and Nursing Home, Hazuri Bagh, Srinagar. The most commonly reported alarming sign that could lead to obstetrical emergency was found to be continuous severe headache, difficulty in breathing (dyspnea), severe backache, severe abdominal pain, excessive vomiting, and epigastric pain. The least found alarming sign included recurrent vaginal bleeding swelling of face, hands, feet and legs, blurred vision, breathlessness, decreased urine output, high BP, high blood sugar, Convulsions, anaemia, high fever, excessive vomiting, premature rupture of membranes, reduced or no fetal movements. The mean post test knowledge score of Experimental group was 86.24% which was much higher than the mean post test knowledge score of Control group that was only 50.54%. The Chi-square value showed that in Experimental group, there was no significant association between the pre-test knowledge score and demographic variables. Also there was no significant association between the pre-test knowledge score with the Obstetric variables.