INDIA-ATTACKS (CHRONOLOGY)
Source: Reuters
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded aboard a train bound for Pakistan from India on Monday, burning to death at least 66 passengers. Following is a chronology of major attacks in India since 2001: Oct. 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35 people. Dec 13 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, killed in an attack on the national parliament in New Delhi. Sept. 24, 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in the western state of Gujarat, killing 31 people and wounding more than 80. May 14 - Militants attack an army camp near Kashmir's winter capital, Jammu, killing more than 30, including several wives and children of soldiers. March 13, 2003 - A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11 people. Aug 25 - Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai. Aug. 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in northeastern Assam state, killing 16 people, mostly schoolchildren, and wounding dozens. Oct. 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi. March 7, 2006 - At least 15 people are killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi. July 11 - More than 180 people are killed in seven bomb explosions at rail stations and on trains in Mumbai, blamed on Islamist militants. Sept 8 - At least 32 people are killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km (160 miles) northeast of Mumbai. Feb. 19, 2007 - Two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis. Source: Reuters
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