List of terrorist incidents in India Attacks with 50+ deaths in italics
2001
Indian Parliament
1st Srinagar
2002
Raghunath (Mar)
Akshardam
Kolkata
Jammu and Kashmir
2nd Jammu & Kashmir
Rafiganj
Raghunath (Nov)
1st Mumbai
Kurnool
2003
2nd Mumbai
3rd Mumbai
4th Mumbai
5th Mumbai
2005
Ayodhya
Jaunpur
Begumpet
1st Delhi
1st Bangalore
2006
Ahmedabad
1st Varanasi
2nd Delhi
Doda
6th Mumbai
Malegaon
W Bengal
Kakopathar
2nd Srinagar
2007
Samjhauta Express
1st Hyderabad (May)
2nd Hyderabad (Aug)
Ajmer
Uttar Pradesh
2008
Jaipur
2nd Bangalore
Ahmedabad
3rd Delhi (13 Sep)
4th Delhi (27 Sep)
Malegaon
Agartala
Imphal
1st Assam
7th Mumbai
2009
Guwahati
2nd Assam
Bhimajuli
2010
3rd Bangalore
Pune
1st Dantewada (Apr)
2nd Dantewada (May)
Jnaneswari
5th Delhi
2nd Varanasi
2011
8th Mumbai
6th Delhi
2012
7th Delhi
Pune
2013
Hyderabad
3rd Srinagar (Mar)
4th Bangalore
1st Sukma
4th Srinagar (Jun)
Bodh Gaya
Patna
2014
Chennai
3rd Assam
2nd Sukma
Burdwan
Kashmir Valley
4th Assam
5th Bangalore
2015
Gurdaspur
Manipur
2016
Pathankot
Pampore
Uri
Nagrota
2017
Shajapur
3rd Sukma
Amarnath Yatra
2018
Sunjuwan
4th Sukma
2019
Pulwama
Gadchiroli
2021
Sukma-Bijapur
2023
Rajouri
3rd Dantewada
2024
Reasi
The 2010 Varanasi bombing was a blast that occurred on 7 December 2010, in one of the holiest Hindu cities, Varanasi. The explosion occurred at Sheetla Ghat, adjacent to the main Dashashwamedh Ghat, where the sunset aarti, the evening prayer ritual to the holy river, Ganges had commenced, on these stone steps leading to it, where thousands of worshipers and tourists had gathered.[1][2] It killed a two-year-old girl, sitting on her mother's lap, the mother was one of three critically injured, more than 38 other people were injured. In the ensuing panic after the blast, a railing broke causing a stampede leading to an increase in the number of injuries.[2] The bomb was hidden inside a milk container on the Sheetla Ghat.[3] The blast occurred a day after the anniversary of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition, in which a mosque was demolished at Ayodhya leading to nationwide religious riots killing over 2,000 people. Subsequently, the Islamist militant group, Indian Mujahideen, claimed responsibility of the blast, via email to Indian media. This is also the second terrorism-related incident in the city which was rocked by the serial blasts of 2006, in which 28 people were killed, it included an explosion at the Sankatmochan Temple, some two kilometres away.[1][4][5]
Sitala Ghat is the southern extension of the Dashashwamedh Ghat, and its stone steps lead to Sitala Mata Temple. Also close by is the historic Kashi Vishwanath Temple, the Shiva temple which has one of the 12 Jyotirlinga of India. The present ghat was re-furbished in c. 1740 by Pt. Narayana Diksit the preceptor of Peshwa Baji Rao I, the Prime Minister of the Maratha Empire.[6]
Location of Varanasi in India
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^"Police question brothers in India holy city blast". Houston Chronicle. 7 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^2010 Varanasi bomb blast CNN, 7 December 2010.
^"Explosion rocks one of India's holiest cities". The Christian Science Monitor. 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^"Ghats of Varanasi – 40: Sitala Ghat". Varanasi Official website. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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