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Major attacks in India since 2001

Bombs rip through the crowded streets of Jaipur, killing around 60 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.

Updated on: May 14, 2008 09:15 PM IST
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Bombs ripped through the crowded streets of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, killing around 60 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.

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Following is a chronology of major attacks in India since 2001:

Oct. 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35 people.

Dec. 13, 2001 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, killed in an attack on parliament in New Delhi.

Sept. 24, 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in the western state of Gujarat, killing 31 people and wounding more than 80.

May 14, 2002 - Militants attack an army camp near Kashmir's winter capital, Jammu, killing more than 30, including wives and children of soldiers.

March 13, 2003 - A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11 people.

Aug. 25, 2003 - Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai.

Oct. 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi.

March 7, 2006 - At least 15 people are killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi.

July 11, 2006 - More than 180 people are killed in seven bomb explosions at railway stations and on trains in Mumbai, blamed on Islamist militants.

Sept. 8, 2006 - At least 32 people are killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km northeast of Mumbai.

Feb. 19, 2007 - Two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis.

May 18, 2007 - A bomb explodes during Friday prayers at a historic mosque in the southern city of Hyderabad, killing 11 worshippers. Police later shoot dead five people in clashes with hundreds of enraged Muslims who protest against the attack.

Aug. 25, 2007 - Three explosions within minutes at an amusement park and a street-side food stall in Hyderabad kill at least 40 people.

May 13, 2008 - Seven bombs rip through the crowded streets of India's western city of Jaipur, killing around 60 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.

 
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