MILNET Brief:
India Violence, 08/01/2008


MILNET presents a list of selected major attacks in India beginning in March of 2003.  The list is sparse until 2008, wherein the list will be populated fully and on an ongoing basis.

India Violence
Date
Event
03/13/2003 11 killed by a bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai
08/25/2003 60 killed by two almost simultaneous car bombs in Mumbai.
08/15/2004 16 killed, mostly schoolchildren, and dozens wounded in a bomb attack in Assam  by U.L.F.A. terrorists
11/29/2005 66 people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi.
03/07/2006 15 people are killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in Varanasi.
07/11/2006 180+ people are killed in seven bomb explosions at railway stations and on trains in Mumbai, blamed on Islamist militants.
09/08/2006 32 people killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km northeast of Mumbai.
03/19/2007 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, killed when two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan.
05/18/2007 11 worshipers killed when a bomb explodes during Friday prayers at a historic mosque in Hyderabad
05/18/2007
5 shot when Police shoot at  people in clashes with hundreds of enraged Muslims who protest against the day's attack.
08/25/2007 40 people killed by three explosions set off within minutes at an amusement park and a street-side food stall in Hyderabad
10/28/2007
9 killed, including a 6 year old, and 30 injured in clashes between Krishi Bachaoo Committee and CPM in Kolkata
10/28/2007 1 woman was not injured by 3 shots at her car by CPM activists on the road to Nandigram village
10/28/2007 Congressional delagation dragged from their vehicles in West Bengal
11/22/2007
1 killed, 230 injured in riots in Gulwahati
11/24/2007
12 killed, 60 injured after student rally turned violent in Beltola, Guwahati
01/01/2008
4 SAP policeman killed by Maoist's in Bihar's Munger district
05/13/2008 63 people killed in markets and outside Hindu temples when seven bombs rip through the crowded streets of Jaipur.  *
05/14/2008
4 killed in clashes between political factions preceding elections in Talda village, West Bengal state
05/18/2008
9 killed during third and final phase of polling in Murshidabad district of West Bengal
05/23/2008
15 protestors killed in riots across six Rajathan villages
05/23/2008 1 policeman beat to death in Bharatpur district
05/24/2008
1 policeman wounded in clashes with Guijars in Sikandra town in Rajasthan state
05/25/2008
35 killed in four districts in Rajasthan
07/03/2008
3 Muslims killed when demonstrators attacked a Kharjana police station
07/04/2008
2 killed in riots following the previous day violence in Kharjana
07/16/2008
9 Indian soldiers killed and 16 injured in Narabai, Kashmir when a bus struck a mine
07/20/2008
2 killed by separatist grenade atttack in Gulmarg area of the Kashmir
07/20/2008 4 injured 50km west of Sringar when a tourist vehicle was targeted at a resort
07/20/2008 9 Indian soldiers killed by a militant bomb in Sringar, Hizbul Mujahideen claimed responsibility
07/25/2008 1 woman and 15 wounded when eight small bombs hit the IT city of Bangalore
07/26/2008 45 killed, 161 wounded when at least 16 small bombs explode in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat. *
08/03/2008
2 killed, 7 wounded by crude bombs hidden under garbage in the Chitpur area in Northern Kolkata
08/12/2008 13 Muslim protestors killed in Sringar by Indian forces enforcing a total curfew in the Kasmir area
Initital table data from Reuters 7  
* = A little known group called the ‘Indian Mujahideen’ claimed responsibility for the attack
*2 = Hizbul Mujahedin claimed responsibility


Sources:
  1. One Killed, 230 Injured in Guwahati Violence, ExpressIndia.com,11/24/2007
  2. 12 Killed in Guwahati Violence, ThaiIndian News, 11/24/2007
  3. Nine Killed in Poll Violence in West Bengal, The Hndu, 5/19/2008
  4. Death Toll at 20 in India Caste Riots, Welt Online, 5/24/2008
  5. Class Violence Leaves 35 Dead in India, CNN, 5/25/2008
  6. Nine Indian Soldiers Killed in Kashmir Attack, IOL, 7/19/2008
  7. Chronology - Major Attacks in India Since 2003, Reuters, 7/31/2008
  8. Four Killed in Kashmir Violence, BBC, 07/21/2008
  9. Two Killed In Bomb Blast in North Kolkata, The Hindu, 8/03/2008
  10. Indian Security Forces Kill 13 Muslim Protestors in Kashmir, bloodiest day in recent unrest, Aijaz Hussain, A.P., 8/12/2008



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