03-07-2006, 10:45 PM
CHRONOLOGY - Major attacks in India in the past five years
Tue Mar 7, 2006 11:49 PM IST173
Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi on Tuesday, police said.
Following is a chronology of some major attacks in the past five years in a country facing revolts in several areas and often hit by sectarian and communal violence.
Oct. 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35.
Dec. 13 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, die in an attack on the parliament complex in New Delhi.
Sep. 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in Gujarat, killing 31 and wounding more than 80.
May 14 - Militants attack an army camp near Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, killing more than 30, including several wives and children of soldiers.
Aug 25, 2003 - Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in the financial and entertainment capital Mumbai.
Aug 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in Assam, killing 16 people, mostly school children, and wounding dozens.
Oct. 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts tear through markets in the capital New Delhi.
Source: Reuters
Tue Mar 7, 2006 11:49 PM IST173
Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi on Tuesday, police said.
Following is a chronology of some major attacks in the past five years in a country facing revolts in several areas and often hit by sectarian and communal violence.
Oct. 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35.
Dec. 13 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, die in an attack on the parliament complex in New Delhi.
Sep. 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in Gujarat, killing 31 and wounding more than 80.
May 14 - Militants attack an army camp near Kashmir's winter capital Jammu, killing more than 30, including several wives and children of soldiers.
Aug 25, 2003 - Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in the financial and entertainment capital Mumbai.
Aug 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in Assam, killing 16 people, mostly school children, and wounding dozens.
Oct. 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts tear through markets in the capital New Delhi.
Source: Reuters