Separatist militant insurgency in Kashmir since 1989 has led to several terrorist attacks and incidents within the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
| 6413 | ||
| Civilian deaths | 14930 | |
| Militant deaths | 23386 | |
| Total | 44729[1] | |
|---|---|---|
| Data from Ministry of Home Affairs | ||
| 1989 | 14 September | Assassination of BJP leader and Lawyer Tika Lal Taploo. | Anti-Pandit Militants | 1 | [2] | Farooq Abdullah (JKNC) | Rajiv Gandhi (INC) |
| 4 November | Assassination of retired Judge Nilkanth Ganjoo. | JKLF | 1 | ||||
| 1990 | 13 February | Assassination of Lassa Kaul (Director of Doordarshan) | Anti-Pandit Militants | 1 | [3] [4] | V. P. Singh (Janata Dal) | |
| 6 April | Assassination of CEO of Hindustan Machine Tools H. L. Khera. | JKLF | 2 | ||||
| Assassination of Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir, Mushir-u-Haq. | |||||||
| 1 May | Assassination of Sarwanand Koul Premi and his son. | Anti-Pandit Militants | 2 | ||||
| 21 May | Assassination of Imam Mohammad Farooq Shah. | Hizbul Mujahideen | 1 | ||||
| 1990–1991 | Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus | Anti-Pandit and Anti India Millitants | 217-228 | Dissolved (Jagmohan Malhotra) | Chandra Shekhar (SJPR)
(INC) | ||
| 1994 | 29 March | Assassination of Lt Gen E. W. Fernandes and other Indian Army officers. | Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen | 15 | [5] | Dissolved (Gen K. V. Krishna Rao) | P. V. Narasimha Rao (INC) |
| 1995 | 26 January | Assassination attempt on Governor Lt Gen K. V. Krishna Rao. | Hizbul Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba | 8 | [6] | ||
| 20 July | Bomb Explosion in Jammu | 20 | [7] | ||||
| 1998 | 26 January | Wandhama massacre | 23 | Farooq Abdullah (JKNC) | Inder Kumar Gujral (INC) | ||
| 17 April | Prankote massacre | 29 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJP) | ||||
| 21 April | Thub Village massacre | 13 | |||||
| 19 June | Chapnari massacre | 25 | |||||
| 3 August | Chamba massacre | 35 | |||||
| 1999 | 7 September | Assassination of BJP Candidate Haider Noorani[8] | 1 | ||||
| 3 November | Suicide attack at Badami Bagh cantonment | 10 | [9] | ||||
| 24 December | Suicide bomber attack on JnK Special Operations group police officers | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 12 | ||||
| 2000 | 7 January | Attack on the Meteorological Center, Srinagar. | 4 | ||||
| 20 March | Chittisinghpura massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 35 | ||||
| 15 May | Assassination of Minister for Power, Gulam Hasan Bhat | Hizbul Mujahideen | 5 | ||||
| August | 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | 62 | [10] | ||||
| 3 November | Assassination of Aga Syed Mehdi in a landmine explosion | 6 | [11] | ||||
| 25 December | Attack on Army HQ Badami Bagh, Srinagar | 9 | |||||
| 2001 | 9 February | Suicide bomber attack on JnK police control room | Al-Umar-Mujahideen | 12 | |||
| 10 February | 2001 Kot Charwal massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 15 | ||||
| 2 March | Ambush on police personnel in Rajouri | 17 | |||||
| 8 June | Grenade explosion in Charar-e-Sharief shrine. | 4 | |||||
| 20 July | Amarnath Massacre | 8 | [12] | ||||
| 21 July | Doda Massacre | 16 | |||||
| 2-3 August | 2001 Kishtwar massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 15 | ||||
| 7 August | Jammu Railway Station shootout | 13 | [13] [14] | ||||
| 29 August | Anantnag bus attack | 9 | |||||
| 1 October | Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly car bombing | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 36 | ||||
| 2002 | 20 January | Poonch massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 11 | |||
| 30 March | First Raghunath temple attacks | 11 | |||||
| 14 May | 2002 Kaluchak massacre | 31 | [15] | ||||
| 21 March | Assassination of Abdul Ghani Lone | 1 | [16] | ||||
| 13 July | 2002 Qasim Nagar massacre | 25 | |||||
| 6 August | 2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre | 11 | |||||
| 11 September | Assassination of Mushtaq Lone, State Law Minister | 3 | [17] | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed(JKPDP) | |||
| 11 November | IED blast on the Jammu Srinagar national highway | 8 | |||||
| 22 November | IED blast in Srinagar | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | ||||
| 23 November | IED blast at Lower Munda on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. | 19 | |||||
| 24 November | Secoind Raghunath temple attacks | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 14 | ||||
| 5 December | Assassination of Ghulam Mohiuddin Lone, brother of Mushtaq Lone. | 1 | |||||
| 20 December | Assassination of Abdul Aziz Mir | 1 | |||||
| 2003 | 28 January | Assassination of Farooq Ahmed Kuchchay, NC politician | Hizbul Mujahideen | 2 | |||
| 14 March | Suicide attack on Muharram procession in Poonch | 4 | |||||
| 16 March | Attack on remote police post | 11 | |||||
| 23 March | Nadimarg massacre | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 24 | [18] | |||
| 22 April | Landmine blast in Udhampur | 6 | |||||
| 19 May | Massacre in form of beheading in Rajouri | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 6 | ||||
| 26 May | Ambush at the house of a Village Defence Committee member | 5 | |||||
| 28 June | Suicide attack at Sunjwan military base | 12 | |||||
| 22 July | Suicide attack at the Akhnoor army base, killing one Brigadier | 8 | |||||
| 13 September | Ambush on the car of political leader Mohammad Yusuf Parray | 3 | [19] | ||||
| 2004 | 2 January | Suicide attack at the Jammu Railway Station | 4 | [20] | |||
| 3 March | Suicide attack at the Court complex in Jammu | 7 | |||||
| 9 March | Suicide attack at the PIB of the GOI | 2 | |||||
| Suicide attack on Directorate of Information of the Govt of JnK | |||||||
| 8 April | Attack at a PDP political rally in Uri | 11 | [21] | ||||
| 23 May | IED explosion at the Jammu-Srinagar Highway | 30 | Manmohan Singh (INC) | ||||
| 26 June | Terrorist attack in Surankote | 12 | |||||
| 2 July | Attack on the convoy of MP, Choudhury Lal Singh | 6 | [22] | ||||
| 19 July | Assassination attempt on Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma | 6 | [23] | ||||
| 28 July | Overnight gunfight at the paramilitary base on the banks of Dal lake | 5 | [24] | ||||
| 4 August | Ambush at CRPF camp | 9 | |||||
| 5 December | IED explosion in Pulwama | 10 | |||||
| 2005 | 7 January | Suicide attack on Income tax office, Srinagar | 3-5 | [25] | |||
| 24 February | Suicide attack at Divisional Commissioners office | 6 | |||||
| 12 May | Grenade attack in a school in Srinagar | 2 | [26] | ||||
| 13 June | Explosives-laden car detonates in Pulwama | 13 | |||||
| 24 June | Bus boarded by security personnel attacked by bomb in Srinagar | 9 | [27] | ||||
| 19 July | Attack at a village in Udhampur | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | ||||
| 20 July | Suicide attack on Army vehicle in Srinagar | 5 | |||||
| 9 September | 3 Families attacked in Udhampur | 6 | |||||
| September 10 | Attack on an Army convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway | 5 | |||||
| 10 October | Four families attacked in Rajouri | Hizbul Mujahideen | 10 | ||||
| 18 October | Assassination of Dr. Ghulam Nabi Lone, Minister for Education | Islamic Front | 4 | ||||
| 2 November | Suicide attack near the residence of outgoing CM Mufti Md Sayeed | 10 | |||||
| 14 November | Suicide attack at a business hub in Srinagar | Islamic Front | 4 | Ghulam Nabi Azad(INC) | |||
| 15 November | Assassination attempt on PDP leader Ghulam Hassan Mir | 3-6 | [28] | ||||
| 16 November | Assassination attempt on Minister Usman Majeed | 4 | |||||
| 2006 | 23 January | Gunfight with special operations group | 4 | ||||
| 9 April | Terrorists kill a family of 3 in Udhampur | 3 | |||||
| 14 April | Serial grenade blasts in Srinagar | 5 | |||||
| 1 May | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 34 | |||||
| 21 May | Attack on the Rally of CM Ghulam Nabi Azad | 6-7 | [29] | ||||
| 25 May | Grenade attack in Srinagar | 8 | |||||
| 12 June | Attack on Laborers in Anantnag | 9 | |||||
| 30 June | Assassination of Ghulam Nabi Dar, NC leader in Kulgam | 7 | [30] | ||||
| 11 July | Grenade attack in Srinagar | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 8 | ||||
| 10 November | Grenade attack in Pulwama | 6 | |||||
| 2007 | 8 February | Ambush on Security Patrol in Pulwama | 5 | ||||
| 30 March | Attack on laborers in Rajouri | 5 | |||||
| 29 July | Attack on a civilian bus near Shalimar Garden | 6 | |||||
| 17 August | IED blast near Security forces in Awantipora | 5 | |||||
| 11 October | IED blast in Baramullah | Hizbul Mujahideen | 7 | ||||
| 2008 | 13 June | Ambush on Army personnel | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 5 | |||
| 4 July | Ambush on Army personnel in Kupwara | 5 | |||||
| 19 July | IED blast in an Army bus in Srinagar | Hizbul Mujahideen | 10 | Dissolved (Narinder Nath Vohra) | |||
| 24 July | Grenade attack in SSrinagar | 5 | |||||
| Attack on the house of a surrendered militant | Hizbul Mujahideen | 4 | |||||
| 27 August | Suicide attack in Kenachak | 11 | |||||
| 2009 | 21 April | IED blast in Poonch | 5 | Omar Abdullah(JKNC) | |||
| 12 September | IED blast in Central Jail in Srinagar | 3 | |||||
| 30 December | Shootout on CRPF vehicles | Hizbul Mujahideen | 4 | ||||
| 2010 | 16 March | Attack on civilians in Srinagar | 6 | ||||
| 2013 | 24 June | Ambush on Army personnel in Srinagar | Hizbul Mujahideen | 8 | |||
| 26 September | Twin suicide attacks in Kathua | 13 | [31] | ||||
| 2014 | 28 March | Truck Hijacking in Kathua | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | |||
| 7 April | Landmine explosion in Baranda Mor | 3 | |||||
| 13 August | Attack in Pulwama before new Prime ministers visit | 3 | Narendra Modi(BJP) | ||||
| 27 November | Suicide attack in Arnia | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 10 | ||||
| 5 December | Suicide attack on Army personnel in Uri | 17 | |||||
| 2015 | 20 March | Suicide attack in a Kathua police station | 6 | Dissolved(Narinder Nath Vohra) | |||
| 6 April | A militant attack in Shopian District | 3 | Mehbooba Mufti(JKPDP) | ||||
| 2016 | 2 January | 2016 Pathankot Airbase attack | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 12 | |||
| 17 August | Ambush on Military convoy in Baramullah | 3 | |||||
| 18 September | 2016 Uri attack | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 24 | ||||
| 29 November | Suicide attack on Military personnel in Nagrota | 7 | |||||
| 2017 | 23 February | Attack on a Patrol party in Shopian | 4 | ||||
| 1 May | Ambush on a Bank Van in Kulgam | 7 | |||||
| 16 June | Ambush on Military convoy in Anantnag | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 6 | ||||
| 10 July | 2017 Amarnath Yatra massacre | 8 | |||||
| 26 August | Suicide attack on Security forces in Pulwama | 8 | |||||
| 21 September | Assassination attempt on PDP leader Naeem Akhtar | Hizbul Mujahideen | 3 | ||||
| 2018 | 6 January | IED blast in Sopore | 4 | ||||
| 10 February | Suicide attack on Sunjuwan Military Station | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 9 | ||||
| 29 August | Militant attack at Arhama in Shopian District | 4 | Dissolved(Satya Pal Malik) | ||||
| 21 October | Attack at Laroo village in Kulgam | 15 | |||||
| 2019 | 14 February | 2019 Pulwama attack | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 41 | |||
| 12 June | Ambush on Security forces in a school in Anantnag | Al-Umar-Mujahideen | 5 | ||||
| 29 October | Attack on Bengali laboureres | 5 | |||||
| 2020 | 4 May | Attack on CRPF patrol | 4 | ||||
| 8 July | Assassination of BJP leader Wasim Ahmad Bari | 3 | G. C. Murmu | ||||
| 29 October | Attack on BJP workers | The Resistance Front | 3 | Manoj Sinha | |||
| 2021 | 12 December | Ambush on police vehicle in Srinagar | Jaish-e-Mohammed | 3 | |||
| 2022 | 11 August | Foiled suicide attack in Rajouri | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 5 | |||
| 2023 | 1 January | Attack on civilians in Rajouri | 4 | ||||
| 20 April | Ambush on army vehicle in Poonch | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 5 | ||||
| 5 May | IED blast in Rajouri | People's Anti-Fascist Front | 5 | ||||
| 21 December | Ambush on Army vehicle | 5 | |||||
| 2024 | 9 June | 2024 Reasi attack | The Resistance Front | 9 | |||
| 9 July | Attack on Army convoy in Kathua | 5 | [32] |