List of terrorist incidents in India explained

See main article: Terrorism in India.

This is a list of terrorist incidents in India. In July 2016, the Government of India released data on a string of terror strikes in India since 2005 that claimed 707 lives and left over 3,200 injured.[1]

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List of terror attacks in India

DateIncidents & DescriptionLocationPeople KilledInjuredStatus of the Case
18 June 1980Mandai massacreTripura500N/A
22 August 1984Meenambakkam bomb blast[2] Tamil Nadu3025Verdict given
37 July 19871987 Haryana killings[3] Haryana3660N/A
421 May 1991Assassination of Rajiv GandhiTamil Nadu15
515 June 19911991 Punjab killings[4] Punjab126200
617 October 19911991 Rudrapur bombingsUttarakhand41140
78 November 19911991 Kalyan train bomb blast[5] [6] [7] Mumbai1265Verdict given
812 March 19931993 Bombay bombings[8] [9] 257700+
916 March 19931993 Bowbazar bombingKolkata (Formerly Calcutta), West Bengal69
109 April 1993Palar blastKarnataka2213
118 August 19931993 bombing of RSS office in ChennaiTamil Nadu117
125–6 December 1993Trains and Ajmer[10] Rajasthan
1321 May 19961996 Lajpat Nagar blastDelhi1339
1422 May 19961996 Dausa blastRajasthan1437
1530 December 1996Brahmaputra Mail train bombingAssam33150N/A
1614 February 19981998 Coimbatore bombingsTamil Nadu58200+Verdict given
1720 May 2000Bagber massacreTripura25
18May–July 20002000 Church bombings of South IndiaKarnataka, Goa and Andhra Pradesh0Verdict given
199 June 2001Charar-e-Sharief mosque attackCharari Sharief460
2022 December 20002000 terrorist attack on Red Fort[11] Delhi314Verdict given
211 October 20012001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombingJammu and Kashmir38
2213 December 20012001 Indian Parliament attack in New DelhiDelhi718Verdict given
2322 January 2002American Cultural Centre attackKolkata520
2413 May 20022002 Jaunpur train crash[12] N/A1280
2530 March 20022002 Raghunath temple attacks[13] Jammu1120
2610 September 2002Rafiganj train wreckBihar200150+
2724 November 20022002 Raghunath temple attacksJammu1445
286 December 20022002 Mumbai bus bombing[14] Mumbai214
2921 December 2002Kurnool train crashAndhra Pradesh2080
3024 September 2002Attack on Akshardham templeGujarat3180Verdict given
3127 January 2003January 2003 Mumbai bombing[15] Mumbai128
3213 March 2003March 2003 Mumbai bombing[16] 10
3323 March 20032003 Nadimarg massacreNadimarg, Jammu and Kashmir251
3414 August 2003Kamalnagar massacre[17] Tripura14N/A
3525 August 2003August 2003 Mumbai bombingsMumbai52
362 January 2004Jammu railway station attack[18] Jammu414
3715 August 20042004 Dhemaji school bombingAssam1840
382 October 20042004 Dimapur bombingsDimapur, Nagaland30100
395 July 20052005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack[19] Ayodhya6
4028 July 20052005 Jaunpur train bombing[20] N/A1350
4129 October 20052005 Delhi bombings

Three powerful serial blasts in New Delhi at different places[21]

Delhi70250
4228 December 20052005 Indian Institute of Science shootingKarnataka14
4319 February 20062006 Ahmedabad railway station bombingGujarat025
447 March 20062006 Varanasi bombings

Three synchronized terrorist attacks in Varanasi in Shri Sankatmochan Mandir and Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station[22] [23]

Varanasi28101
4511 July 20062006 Mumbai train bombings

Series of 7 train bombing during the evening rush hour in Mumbai

Mumbai209714
468 September 20062006 Malegaon bombings

Series of bomb blasts in the vicinity of a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra

Maharashtra40125
4718 February 20072007 Samjhauta Express bombingsHaryana7050
4818 May 2007Mecca Masjid bombingHyderabad16100
4925 August 2007August 2007 Hyderabad bombings - Two blasts in Hyderabad's Lumbini park and Gokul Chat.4254
5011 October 2007Ajmer Dargah bombing[24] Rajasthan317
5114 October 2007One blast in a movie theatre in the town of LudhianaLudhiana6
5224 November 2007A series of near-simultaneous explosions at courthouse complexes in the cities of Lucknow, Varanasi, and FaizabadUttar Pradesh1670
531 January 2008Terror attack on CRPF camp in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh by Lashkar-e-Taiba,[25] 85
5413 May 2008Jaipur bombings

9 bomb blasts along 6 areas in Jaipur[26]

Jaipur71200Verdict given
5525 July 20082008 Bangalore serial blasts

8 low intensity bomb blasts in Bangalore

Bangalore120arrests made
5626 July 20082008 Ahmedabad bombings

17 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad

Gujarat56200arrests made
5713 September 200813 September 2008 Delhi bombings

5 bomb blasts in Delhi markets

Delhi33130
5827 September 200827 September 2008 Delhi bombing

Bombings at Mehrauli area, 2 bomb blasts in Delhi flower market

321
5929 September 200829 September 2008 western India bombings

10 killed and 80 injured in bombings in Maharashtra (including Malegaon) and Gujarat bomb blasts

Maharashtra1080
601 October 20082008 Agartala bombingsAgartala4100
6121 October 20082008 Imphal bombingImphal1740+
6230 October 20082008 Assam bombingsAssam81470
6326 November 20082008 Mumbai attacks[27] [28] Mumbai171300+Verdict given
641 January 20092009 Guwahati bombings[29] Assam667
656 April 20092009 Assam bombings[30] 963
6613 February 20102010 Pune bombing[31] Pune1754
6715 February 2010Silda camp attackWest Bengal28
686 April 2010April 2010 Maoist attack in DantewadaChhattisgarh84 (including 8 terrorists)8
6917 May 20102010 Dantewada bus bombing31-4415
7028 May 2010Jnaneswari Express train derailmentWest Bengal148200+
717 December 20102010 Varanasi bombing[32] Varanasi237
7213 July 20112011 Mumbai bombingsMumbai26130
737 September 20112011 Delhi bombing[33] Delhi1574
7313 February 20122012 attacks on Israeli diplomats04
751 August 20122012 Pune bombingsPune01
7621 February 20132013 Hyderabad blastsHyderabad18131
7713 March 2013March 2013 Srinagar attackJammu and Kashmir710
7817 April 20132013 Bangalore blastBengaluru016
7925 May 20132013 Naxal attack in Darbha valleyChhattisgarh3232
8024 June 2013June 2013 Srinagar attackJammu and Kashmir819
817 July 2013July 2013 Maoist attack in DumkaChhattisgarh2
82Bodh Gaya bombingsBihar05
8327 October 20132013 Patna bombings685
8426 December 20132013 Jalpaiguri bombingWest Bengal55
8511 March 20142014 Chhattisgarh attackChhattisgarh163
8625 April 2014Blast in Jharkhand[34] Jharkhand84-5
8728 April 2014Blast in Budgam District[35] Jammu and Kashmir018
881 May 20142014 Chennai train bombingTamil Nadu114
89May 2014 Assam violenceAssam33
9012 May 2014Maoist blast in Gadchiroli District[36] Jharkhand72
9123 December 2014December 2014 Assam violenceAssam85
9228 December 20142014 Bangalore bombing[37] Bengaluru15
9320 March 20152015 Jammu attack[38] Jammu and Kashmir610
944–9 June 20152015 Manipur ambushManipur176 (including 158 terrorists)15Surgical strike by Indian Armed Forces near India Myanmar border killing 156 terrorists.[39]
9527 July 20152015 Gurdaspur attack in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur districtPunjab1015
962 January 20162016 Pathankot attack in Pathankot Air Force Station, Pathankot7
9725 June 20162016 Pampore attackPampore822
985 August 20162016 Kokrajhar shooting.[40] Kokrajhar, Assam1415
9918 September 20162016 Uri attack[41] Uri, Jammu & Kashmir238India claimed surgical strike on terrorist camps across Line of Control, Pakistan denied that a cross-border strike took place.[42]
1003 October 20162016 Baramulla attackBaramulla, Jammu & Kashmir5
1016 October 20162016 Handwara attack at rashtriya riffles campHandwara, Jammu & Kashmir
10229 November 20162016 Nagrota army base attackNagrota, Jammu & Kashmir10
1037 March 20172017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombingBhopal, Madhya Pradesh10
10424 April 20172017 Sukma attackSukma district, Chhattisgarh26
10511 July 20172017 Amarnath Yatra attackAnantnag, Jammu & Kashmir818
10610 February 20182018 Sunjuwan attackSunjuwan, Jammu and Kashmir1111
10713 March 20182018 Sukma attackSukma district, Chhattisgarh9
10814 February 20192019 Pulwama attackAwantipora, Jammu & Kashmir46Air strikes by Indian Air Force on Pakistani Islamic militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed
1097 March 20192019 Jammu Bus stand grenade blast[43] Jammu City, Jammu & Kashmir328-35Arrest made of a teen aged student of 9th standard of a local school.
1109 April 20192019 Dantewada attack[44] Dantewada, Chhattisgarh5
1112019 killing of RSS worker in Kishtwar[45] Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir2Curfew imposed in Kishtwar and adjoining areas
1121 May 2019Gadchiroli Naxal bombing[46] Maharashtra, Deccan Plateau16Unknown
11312 June 2019June 2019 Kashmir attack[47] Awantipora, Jammu & Kashmir5(+1)4Got away
11321 March 20202020 Sukma Maoists attackSukma district, Chhattisgarh1715
1143 April 20212021 Sukma–Bijapur attackSukma district, Chhattisgarh22 (+9)32
1158 April 20232023 Elathur train arson[48] Elathur, Kozhikode district, Kerala3Unknown. Culprit is believed to be a lone wolf.
116 20 April 20232023 Poonch-Rajouri Attack[49] Poonch, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir51
11726 April 20232023 Dantewada bombing[50] Bastar district, Chhattisgarh11 (10 Policemen and 1 driver)
11831 July 20232023 Jaipur Express killings[51] Palghar, Maharashtra1 RPF Officer and 3 civilian passengers killed
11929 October 2023 Ernakulam Jehovah's Witness Convention Center Blast[52] Kochi, Kerala336Perpetrator is a former member of the Jehovah's Witness religion community.
1209 June 20242024 Reasi attack[53] Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)933Pakistani-backed Islamist terrorists belonging to the terrorist group The Resistance Front attacked Hindu pilgrims returning from pilgrimage.[54]

Year, fatalities, and number of incidents

+Terrorist incidents in India[55] [56] Year Number of
incidents 		Deaths Injuries
2018748350540
20171000470702
20161025467788
2015884387649
2014860490776
2013694467771
2012611264651
2011645499730
2010663812660
2009672774854
20085348241,759
20071496261,187
20061677222,138
20051464661,216
2004108334949
20031964721,183
20021845991,186
20012346601,144
2000180671761
1999112469591
199861398411
19971938531,416
1996213569952
1995179361616
1994107389405
1993425251,564
19922371,152917
19913391,1131,326
19903499071,042
1989324874769
19883589661,033
1987166506429
198696340163
1985395179
1984159195364
19834759217
19821364102
1981162412
1980101713
1979203119
1978000
1977100
1976100
1975140
1974000
1973000
1972100
1971000
1970000
Total 12,00219,86630,544

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mahapatra . Dhananjay . July 16, 2016 . Since 2005, terror has claimed lives of Indians . TNN . The Times of India . Mumbai.
  2. News: May 3, 2000. Meenambakkam Airport blast: HC sets aside life term for five. The Hindu. dead. April 30, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111022606/http://hindu.com/2000/05/03/stories/0203000t.htm. November 11, 2012.
  3. News: Hazarika. Sanjoy. July 8, 1987. 34 Hindus Killed In New Bus Raids; Sikhs Suspected. The New York Times. April 30, 2010.
  4. News: Crossette . Barbara . June 16, 1991 . Extremists in India Kill 80 on 2 Trains As Voting Nears End . The New York Times . April 30, 2010.
  5. Web site: 2016-08-18 . Kalyan 1991 train blast: SIT to probe convict's activities since he jumped parole in 2007 . 2020-12-17 . The Indian Express . en.
  6. Web site: Sehgal . Manjeet L . August 17, 2016 . 1991 Mumbai blast convict arrested from Phagwara . 2020-12-17 . India Today . en.
  7. Web site: Ravinder Singh @ Bittu vs The State Of Maharashtra on 30 April, 2002 .
  8. Web site: Bomb Blasts in Mumbai, 1993-2006 . Institute for Conflict Management. Retrieved on October 7, 2009
  9. News: Chadha . Monica . 2006-09-12 . Victims await Mumbai 1993 blasts justice . . Retrieved on October 7, 2009
  10. News: Dr Bomb: 1993 Ajmer serial bomb blast convict Jalees Ansari nabbed in UP a day after jumping parole | Mumbai News - Times of India . . 17 January 2020 .
  11. Web site: rediff.com: Attack on Red Fort . in.rediff.com.
  12. Web site: rediff.com: Sabotage led to Shramjeevi Express mishap: Probe . rediff.co.in.
  13. Book: Taiwo, Victor Olu . World Terrorism: Diagnosis And Path To Global Peace . Manifold Grace Publishers . 2015 . 978-978-8196-49-5 . 177.
  14. Web site: Blast outside Ghatkopar station in Mumbai . www.rediff.com.
  15. Web site: Blast near Vile Parle station in Mumbai . www.rediff.com.
  16. News: Reuters Editorial . 25 July 2008 . TIMELINE: Major attacks in India since 2003 . Reuters .
  17. Book: Paul, Manas . The Eyewitness: Tales from Tripura's Ethnic Conflict . 29 May 2016 . 2009 . Lancer Publishers . New Delhi . 978-1-935501-15-2 . 8.
  18. Web site: 2004-01-03 . Six killed as militants attack Jammu railway station . 2017-06-05 . The Hindu.
  19. News: July 18, 2005 . Terror attack .
  20. News: July 29, 2005 . Explosives found on India train . BBC News . April 30, 2010.
  21. Web site: 55 killed in three blasts in Delhi . www.rediff.com.
  22. Web site: News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News Headlines, Live News Updates . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121017164931/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/timeline-major-attacks-in-india/182107-3.html . 2012-10-17 . News18.
  23. News: Bomb blasts rock Varanasi, 21 killed . en . The Hindu . 2017-06-05.
  24. Web site: Breaking News, World News & Multimedia . www.iht.com.
  25. News: January 1, 2008 . LeT behind militants attack on CRPF camp in UP . . dead . https://archive.today/20120718153112/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-01-01/india/27761816_1_attack-on-crpf-camp-crpf-personnel-recruitment-camp . July 18, 2012.
  26. News: Iqbal . Mohammed . 2019-12-20 . Death for 4 in 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case . en-IN . The Hindu . 2019-12-21 . 0971-751X.
  27. Web site: MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos . NBC News. December 2008 .
  28. Web site: MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos . NBC News. 3 December 2008 .
  29. News: January 1, 2009 . Politics/Nation . The Times Of India .
  30. News: April 6, 2009 . Singh Condemns Blasts in Assam That Killed Seven, Injured 62 . Bloomberg .
  31. News: February 14, 2010 . 9 confirmed dead, 45 injured in blast at Pune bakery . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811035150/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-14/pune/28122889_1_german-bakery-osho-ashram-foreigners . August 11, 2011.
  32. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/varanasi-bomb-blast-kills-toddler-1.934743 Varanasi bomb blast kills toddler
  33. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/powerful-bomb-blast-outside-delhi-high-court-9-killed/842951 Powerful bomb blast outside Delhi High Court, 9 killed
  34. News: Eight killed in blast on last day of polling in Jharkhand . The Hindu .
  35. News: Hizb blasts hit National Conference poll rallies . The Hindu .
  36. News: 7 policemen killed in Maoist blast . The Hindu .
  37. News: Bomb Blast in Bangalore . The Indian Express, December 29, 2014 .
  38. News: Terrorists Attack Police Station in Jammu and Kashmir; Two Militants, Four Others Killed . The New Indian Express, March 20, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150323030928/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Terrorists-Attack-Police-Station-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir-Two-Militants-Four-Others-Killed/2015/03/20/article2722539.ece. dead. 23 March 2015.
  39. [2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar]
  40. Web site: Prabin Kalita, Neeraj Chauhan . 5 August 2016 . 14 killed, 15 injured in Assam's Kokrajhar after terrorists open fire in market . 5 August 2016 . The Times of India.
  41. Web site: Kkp . 18 September 2016 . 18 killed, 19 injured in J&K's Uri army camp attack . 18 September 2016 . The Times of India.
  42. News: Barry . Ellen . 29 September 2016 . India Claims 'Surgical Strikes' Across Line of Control in Kashmir . The New York Times .
  43. Web site: 2019-03-07 . 2 dead, 28 injured in grenade attack in Jammu bus stand, three critical . 2019-03-07 . Times of India.
  44. News: Chhattisgarh: BJP MLA, 4 cops killed in Maoist attack ahead of Bastar polling - Times of India ► . 2019-04-10.
  45. News: RSS leader, PSO killed in terrorist attack in Kishtwar; curfew imposed - Times of India ► . 2019-04-10.
  46. Web site: Gupta . Swati . May 2019 . 16 dead in suspected Maoist attack on police convoy in India . May 1, 2019 . CNN .
  47. Web site: 12 June 2019 . Militants kill five Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir attack . Reuters . en.
  48. News: IB, NIA confirm terror links behind Kozhikode train fire attack . 8 April 2023.
  49. News: J&K terror attack Massive searches underway in Poonch district to track terrorists. The Hindu. 23 April 2023. 14 May 2023.
  50. News: Biggest attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh in two years.
  51. Web site: Train firing: Court sends Railway cop to judicial custody, denies narco analysis . 2023-10-23 . India Today . 11 August 2023 . en.
  52. Web site: Man who claims to be from Jehovah's Witnesses surrenders, takes responsibility for Kochi blasts. telegraph india.
  53. News: Khajuria . Ravi Krishnan . 9 killed, 33 injured as terrorists ambush bus carrying pilgrims in J&K's Reasi.
  54. Web site: 2024-06-10 . Pak-backed Lashkar front claims responsibility for J&K bus terror attack . 2024-06-10 . India Today . en.
  55. [National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]
  56. [National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]

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