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Major Terrorist Attacks in India under Advani as Home Minister

December 24-31, 1999 – Pakistani militants hijack an Indian Airlines flight from
Kathmandu to New Delhi with 189 people aboard, kill one passenger and force the release
of three jailed terrorists in exchange.

December 22, 2000 - Terrorists attack the Red Fort in Delhi that left two Army personnel
and a civilian dead.

October 1, 2001 - At least 21 people killed in a suicide bomb explosion and gunfire at the
assembly in Kashmir in an attack by terrorists.

December 13, 2001 - Heavily armed terrorists opened fire in Parliament complex, killing
several people in an unprecedented attack on the seat of power in the world's biggest
democracy.

January 22, 2002 - Four people were killed in an attack on the American Center, Kolkata
by terrorists.

March 30, 2002 - Seven killed in an attack by terrorists on the Raghunath Temple in
Jammu.

May 14, 2002 - More than 30 army men were killed in a terrorist attack on an Army camp
near Jammu.

September 24, 2002 - 35 people were killed when 2 terrorists attacked the Akshardham
temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

December 2, 2002 - Two persons were killed and 31 injured in a powerful explosion in a
bus outside the crowded Ghatkopar railway station in Mumbai.

December 6, 2002 - Twenty-five people were injured in a bomb blast by terrorists at


McDonalds fast food restaurant at Mumbai Central railway station. The bomb was planted in
the airconditioner duct. It was suspected to be a crude bomb.

January 27, 2003 - At least 30 people were injured when a bomb planted on a bicycle
went off throwing splinters of sharp nails outside Vile Parle railway station in Mumbai.

March 13, 2003 - A powerful bomb blast shattered a bogie of a local train at Mulund
railway station in Mumbai during peak hours killing 11 people and injuring more than 65.
This was the most powerful serial explosion.

August 23, 2003 - Two bombings at the Gateway of India and the Mumba Devi temple in
Mumbai killed 52, injured 167.

July 28, 2003 - Bus blast kills 3 and injures 31 others in Mumbai.
Terrorist Attacks in Kashmir

2003
March 24: 24 Hindus killed in Nadimarg village near Shopian in Pulwama
July 7: 5 Hindus killed in Nowshahra

2002
January 1: 6 Hindus killed in Magnar village of Poonch
January 7: 17 Hindus killed in Ramsoo area of Jammu district, 6 killed in Sonway in Pogal
area of Banihal
February 17: 8 Hindus gunned down at Bhambal-Nerla village in Rajouri district
May 14: 33 persons, killed at Kaluchak on the Jammu-Pathankote highway
July 13: 28 Hindus killed in Rajiv Nagar in Jammu
August 6: 9 Amarnath pilgrims killed and 32 wounded at a base camp at Nunwan near
Pahalgam
August 29: 10 Hindus killed in Rajouri and Doda districts
November 24: 14 killed and 53 injured at the historic Raghunath temple in Jammu

2001
February 3: 8 Sikhs gunned down in Mahjoornagar in Srinagar
February 11: 15 Gujjar families massacred in Kot-Chadwal in Rajouri district
March 17: 8 killed near Atholi in Doda district
May 10: 8 Hindus killed in Paddar Kishtwar, Doda
July 21: 13 Hindus killed in Amarnath attack
July 21: 20 Hindus killed in Kishtwar, Doda
July 22: 15 Hindus killed in Cheergi and Tagood villages in Doda district of Jammu and
Kashmir
August 4: 15 Hindus gunned down in Shrotidar village in Doda district of Jammu and
Kashmir

2000
February 28: Five Hindu drivers killed near Qazigund in Anantnag district
February 29: Five Sikh drivers killed in Qazikund, Kashmir Valley
March 20: 35 Sikhs killed in Chittisinghpura village near Jammu
August 1: 31 Hindus including Amarnath pilgrims killed in Pahalgam in Anantnag
August 1: 27 labourers killed in Qazigund and Achabal in Anantnag district
August 2: 7 Hindus killed in Kupwara district
August 2: 12 Hindus killed in Doda district of Jammu
August 2: 8 Hindus killed in Marwah, Doda
November 24: Five Hindus killed in Kishtwar, Doda

1999
February 13: Five Hindus killed in Udhampur
February 19: 19 Hindus killed in Rajouri, 4 in Udhampur
June 29: 12 Hindu labourers from Bihar killed in Santhu village of Annatnag
July 1: Nine Hindus killed in Mendhar Poonch
July 15: 15 Hindus of Thathri village of Doda killed
July 19: 15 Hindus killed at Layata in Doda

1998
Januaryuary 26: 23 Kashmiri pandits killed in Wandhama in Valley
April 17: 29 Hindus killed in Prankot and Dhakikot villages of Udhampur
April 18: 27 Hindus killed at Prankote (Doda)
May 5: Five Hindus killed in Surankot Poonch
May 6: 11 Hindu Village Defence Committee members killed
June 19: 25 Hindus killed in Chapnari (Doda)
July 27: 20 Hindus killed in Kishtwar, Doda
August 8: Thirty-five labourers killed in Kalaban, bordering Doda and Chamba district of
Himachal Pradesh

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