Chronology of major attacks in India

Some major attacks in India, many blamed on Islamic militants opposed to Indian rule in Kashmir:

– July 2006: Coordinated bombings on Mumbai commuter trains kill more than 200 people and injure hundreds more. Police blame a Pakistan–based militant group, as well as the Students' Islamic Movement of India, a banned Indian group.

– March 2006: Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi kill 20 people. Kashmiri militants are blamed.

– October 2005: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day before a major Hindu festival kill 62 people and wound hundreds. India blames Kashmiri militants.

– August 2003: Two taxis packed with explosives blow up outside a Mumbai tourist attraction and a busy market, killing 52 and wounding more than 100.

– March 2003: A bomb explodes on a passenger train in Mumbai, killing 10 people. The attack is blamed on Islamic militants.

– September 2002: Militants attack a Hindu temple in the western state of Gujarat. Thirty–three people, including two attackers, die. Police blame Indian Muslims recruited by Kashmiri militants.

– December 2001: Islamic militants attack India's Parliament in New Delhi, leaving 14 people, including several gunmen, dead. India blames Pakistan, which denies involvement.

– October 2001: A car bomb explodes outside the Jammu–Kashmir state legislature building in Srinagar, killing 40 people. Pakistan–based militant group Jaish e Mohammed claims responsibility for the attack

– 1993: Muslim underworld figures tied to Pakistani militants allegedly carry out a series of bombings that strike Mumbai's stock exchange along with trains, hotels and gas stations in the city, killing 257 people and wounding more than 1,100.