This is a list of terrorist incidents in India. In July 2016, the Government of India released data on a string of terror strikes in India since 2005 that claimed 707 lives and left over 3,200 injured. [1]
# | Date | Incidents & Description | Location | People Killed | Injured | Status of the Case |
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1 | 8 June 1980 | Mandai massacre | Tripura | 500 | N/A | |
2 | 2 August 1984 | Meenambakkam bomb blast [2] | Tamil Nadu | 30 | 25 | Verdict given |
3 | 7 July 1987 | 1987 Haryana killings [3] | Haryana | 36 | 60 | N/A |
4 | 21 May 1991 | Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi | Tamil Nadu | 15 | ||
5 | 15 June 1991 | 1991 Punjab killings [4] | Punjab | 126 | 200 | |
6 | 17 October 1991 | 1991 Rudrapur bombings | Uttarakhand | 41 | 140 | |
7 | 8 November 1991 | 1991 Kalyan train bomb blast [5] [6] [7] | Mumbai | 12 | 65 | Verdict given |
8 | 12 March 1993 | 1993 Bombay bombings [8] [9] | 257 | 700+ | ||
9 | 16 March 1993 | 1993 Bowbazar bombing | Kolkata (Formerly Calcutta), West Bengal | 69 | ||
10 | 9 April 1993 | Palar blast | Karnataka | 22 | 13 | |
11 | 8 August 1993 | 1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 11 | 7 | |
12 | 5–6 December 1993 | Trains and Ajmer [10] | Rajasthan | |||
13 | 21 May 1996 | 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast | Delhi | 13 | 39 | |
14 | 22 May 1996 | 1996 Dausa blast | Rajasthan | 14 | 37 | |
15 | 30 December 1996 | Brahmaputra Mail train bombing | Assam | 33 | 150 | N/A |
16 | 14 February 1998 | 1998 Coimbatore bombings | Tamil Nadu | 58 | 200+ | Verdict given |
17 | 20 May 2000 | Bagber massacre | Tripura | 25 | ||
18 | May–July 2000 | 2000 Church bombings of South India | Karnataka, Goa and Andhra Pradesh | 0 | Verdict given | |
19 | 9 June 2001 | Charar-e-Sharief mosque attack | Charari Sharief | 4 | 60 | |
20 | 22 December 2000 | 2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort [11] | Delhi | 3 | 14 | Verdict given |
21 | 1 October 2001 | 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing | Jammu and Kashmir | 38 | ||
22 | 13 December 2001 | 2001 Indian Parliament attack in New Delhi | Delhi | 7 | 18 | Verdict given |
23 | 22 January 2002 | American Cultural Centre attack | Kolkata | 5 | 20 | |
24 | 13 May 2002 | 2002 Jaunpur train crash [12] | N/A | 12 | 80 | |
25 | 30 March 2002 | 2002 Raghunath temple attacks [13] | Jammu | 11 | 20 | |
26 | 10 September 2002 | Rafiganj train wreck | Bihar | 200 | 150+ | |
27 | 24 November 2002 | 2002 Raghunath temple attacks [13] | Jammu | 14 | 45 | |
28 | 6 December 2002 | 2002 Mumbai bus bombing [14] | Mumbai | 2 | 14 | |
29 | 21 December 2002 | Kurnool train crash | Andhra Pradesh | 20 | 80 | |
30 | 24 September 2002 | Attack on Akshardham temple | Gujarat | 31 | 80 | Verdict given |
31 | 27 January 2003 | January 2003 Mumbai bombing [15] | Mumbai | 1 | 28 | |
32 | 13 March 2003 | March 2003 Mumbai bombing [16] | 10 | |||
33 | 23 March 2003 | 2003 Nadimarg Massacare | Nadimarg, Jammu and Kashmir | 25 | 1 | |
34 | 14 August 2003 | Kamalnagar massacre [17] | Tripura | 14 | N/A | |
35 | 25 August 2003 | August 2003 Mumbai bombings | Mumbai | 52 | ||
36 | 2 January 2004 | Jammu railway station attack [18] | Jammu | 4 | 14 | |
37 | 15 August 2004 | 2004 Dhemaji school bombing | Assam | 18 | 40 | |
38 | 2 October 2004 | 2004 Dimapur bombings | Dimapur, Nagaland | 30 | 100 | |
39 | 5 July 2005 | 2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack [19] | Ayodhya | 6 | ||
40 | 28 July 2005 | 2005 Jaunpur train bombing [20] | N/A | 13 | 50 | |
41 | 29 October 2005 | 2005 Delhi bombings: Three powerful serial blasts in New Delhi at different places [21] | Delhi | 70 | 250 | |
42 | 28 December 2005 | 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting | Karnataka | 1 | 4 | |
43 | 19 February 2006 | 2006 Ahmedabad railway station bombing | Gujarat | 0 | 25 | |
44 | 7 March 2006 | 2006 Varanasi bombings: Three synchronized terrorist attacks in Varanasi in Shri Sankatmochan Mandir and Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station [22] [23] | Varanasi | 28 | 101 | |
45 | 11 July 2006 | 2006 Mumbai train bombings: Series of 7 train bombing during the evening rush hour in Mumbai | Mumbai | 209 | 714 | |
46 | 8 September 2006 | 2006 Malegaon bombings: Series of bomb blasts in the vicinity of a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra | Maharashtra | 40 | 125 | |
47 | 18 February 2007 | 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings | Haryana | 70 | 50 | |
48 | 18 May 2007 | Mecca Masjid bombing | Hyderabad | 16 | 100 | |
49 | 25 August 2007 | August 2007 Hyderabad bombings - Two blasts in Hyderabad's Lumbini park and Gokul Chat. | 42 | 54 | ||
50 | 11 October 2007 | Ajmer Dargah bombing [24] | Rajasthan | 3 | 17 | |
51 | 14 October 2007 | One blast in a movie theatre in the town of Ludhiana [24] | Ludhiana | 6 | ||
52 | 24 November 2007 | A series of near-simultaneous explosions at courthouse complexes in the cities of Lucknow, Varanasi, and Faizabad [24] | Uttar Pradesh | 16 | 70 | |
53 | 1 January 2008 | Terror attack on CRPF camp in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh by Lashkar-e-Taiba, [25] | 8 | 5 | ||
54 | 13 May 2008 | Jaipur bombings: 9 bomb blasts along 6 areas in Jaipur [26] | Jaipur | 71 | 200 | Verdict given [26] |
55 | 25 July 2008 | 2008 Bangalore serial blasts: 8 low intensity bomb blasts in Bangalore | Bangalore | 1 | 20 | arrests made |
56 | 26 July 2008 | 2008 Ahmedabad bombings: 17 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 56 | 200 | arrests made |
57 | 13 September 2008 | 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings: 5 bomb blasts in Delhi markets | Delhi | 33 | 130 | |
58 | 27 September 2008 | 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing: Bombings at Mehrauli area, 2 bomb blasts in Delhi flower market | 3 | 21 | ||
59 | 29 September 2008 | 29 September 2008 western India bombings: 10 killed and 80 injured in bombings in Maharashtra (including Malegaon) and Gujarat bomb blasts | Maharashtra | 10 | 80 | |
60 | 1 October 2008 | 2008 Agartala bombings | Agartala | 4 | 100 | |
61 | 21 October 2008 | 2008 Imphal bombing | Imphal | 17 | 40+ | |
62 | 30 October 2008 | 2008 Assam bombings | Assam | 81 | 470 | |
63 | 26 November 2008 | 2008 Mumbai attacks [27] [28] | Mumbai | 171 | 300+ | Verdict given |
64 | 1 January 2009 | 2009 Guwahati bombings [29] | Assam | 6 | 67 | |
65 | 6 April 2009 | 2009 Assam bombings [30] | 9 | 63 | ||
66 | 13 February 2010 | 2010 Pune bombing [31] | Pune | 17 | 54 | |
67 | 15 February 2010 | Silda camp attack | West Bengal | 28 | ||
68 | 6 April 2010 | April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada | Chhattisgarh | 84 (including 8 terrorists) | 8 | |
69 | 17 May 2010 | 2010 Dantewada bus bombing | 31-44 | 15 | ||
70 | 28 May 2010 | Jnaneswari Express train derailment | West Bengal | 148 | 200+ | |
71 | 7 December 2010 | 2010 Varanasi bombing [32] | Varanasi | 2 | 37 | |
72 | 13 July 2011 | 2011 Mumbai bombings | Mumbai | 26 | 130 | |
73 | 7 September 2011 | 2011 Delhi bombing [33] | Delhi | 15 | 74 | |
73 | 13 February 2012 | 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats | 0 | 4 | ||
75 | 1 August 2012 | 2012 Pune bombings | Pune | 0 | 1 | |
76 | 21 February 2013 | 2013 Hyderabad blasts | Hyderabad | 18 | 131 | |
77 | 13 March 2013 | March 2013 Srinagar attack | Jammu and Kashmir | 7 | 10 | |
78 | 17 April 2013 | 2013 Bangalore blast | Bengaluru | 0 | 16 | |
79 | 25 May 2013 | 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley | Chhattisgarh | 32 | 32 | |
80 | 24 June 2013 | June 2013 Srinagar attack | Jammu and Kashmir | 8 | 19 | |
81 | 7 July 2013 | July 2013 Maoist attack in Dumka | Chhattisgarh | 2 | ||
82 | Bodh Gaya bombings | Bihar | 0 | 5 | ||
83 | 27 October 2013 | 2013 Patna bombings | 6 | 85 | ||
84 | 26 December 2013 | 2013 Jalpaiguri bombing | West Bengal | 5 | 5 | |
85 | 11 March 2014 | 2014 Chhattisgarh attack | Chhattisgarh | 16 | 3 | |
86 | 25 April 2014 | Blast in Jharkhand [34] | Jharkhand | 8 | 4-5 | |
87 | 28 April 2014 | Blast in Budgam District [35] | Jammu and Kashmir | 0 | 18 | |
88 | 1 May 2014 | 2014 Chennai train bombing | Tamil Nadu | 1 | 14 | |
89 | May 2014 Assam violence | Assam | 33 | |||
90 | 12 May 2014 | Maoist blast in Gadchiroli District [36] | Jharkhand | 7 | 2 | |
91 | 23 December 2014 | December 2014 Assam violence | Assam | 85 | ||
92 | 28 December 2014 | 2014 Bangalore bombing [37] | Bengaluru | 1 | 5 | |
93 | 20 March 2015 | 2015 Jammu attack [38] | Jammu and Kashmir | 6 | 10 | |
94 | 4–9 June 2015 | 2015 Manipur ambush | Manipur | 176 (including 158 terrorists) | 15 | Surgical strike by Indian Armed Forces near India Myanmar border killing 156 terrorists. [39] [ circular reference ] |
95 | 27 July 2015 | 2015 Gurdaspur attack in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district | Punjab | 10 | 15 | |
96 | 2 January 2016 | 2016 Pathankot attack in Pathankot Air Force Station, Pathankot | 7 | |||
97 | 25 June 2016 | 2016 Pampore attack | Pampore | 8 | 22 | |
98 | 5 August 2016 | 2016 Kokrajhar shooting. [40] | Kokrajhar, Assam | 14 | 15 | |
99 | 18 September 2016 | 2016 Uri attack [41] | Uri, Jammu & Kashmir | 23 | 8 | India claimed surgical strike on terrorist camps across Line of Control, Pakistan denied that a cross-border strike took place. [42] |
100 | 3 October 2016 | 2016 Baramulla attack | Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir | 5 | ||
101 | 6 October 2016 | 2016 Handwara attack at rashtriya riffles camp | Handwara, Jammu & Kashmir | |||
102 | 29 November 2016 | 2016 Nagrota army base attack | Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir | 10 | ||
103 | 7 March 2017 | 2017 Bhopal–Ujjain Passenger train bombing | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh | 10 | ||
104 | 24 April 2017 | 2017 Sukma attack | Sukma district, Chhattisgarh | 26 | ||
105 | 11 July 2017 | 2017 Amarnath Yatra attack | Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir | 8 | 18 | |
106 | 10 February 2018 | 2018 Sunjuwan attack | Sunjuwan, Jammu and Kashmir | 11 | 11 | |
107 | 13 March 2018 | 2018 Sukma attack | Sukma district, Chhattisgarh | 9 | ||
108 | 14 February 2019 | 2019 Pulwama attack | Awantipora, Jammu & Kashmir | 46 | Air strikes by Indian Air Force on Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed | |
109 | 7 March 2019 | 2019 Jammu Bus stand grenade blast [43] | Jammu City, Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 28-35 | Arrest made of a teen aged student of 9th standard of a local school. |
110 | 9 April 2019 | 2019 Dantewada attack [44] | Dantewada, Chhattisgarh | 5 | ||
111 | 2019 killing of RSS worker in Kishtwar [45] | Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir | 2 | Curfew imposed in Kishtwar and adjoining areas | ||
112 | 1 May 2019 | Gadchiroli Naxal bombing [46] | Maharashtra, Deccan Plateau | 16 | Unknown | |
113 | 12 June 2019 | June 2019 Kashmir attack [47] | Awantipora, Jammu & Kashmir | 5(+1) | 4 | Got away |
113 | 21 March 2020 | 2020 Sukma Maoists attack | Sukma district, Chhattisgarh | 17 | 15 | |
114 | 3 April 2021 | 2021 Sukma–Bijapur attack | Sukma district, Chhattisgarh | 22 (+9) | 32 | |
115 | 8 April 2023 | 2023 Elathur train arson [48] | Elathur, Kozhikode district, Kerala | 3 | Unknown. Culprit is believed to be a lone wolf. | |
116 | 20 April 2023 | 2023 Poonch-Rajouri Attack [49] | Poonch, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir | 5 | 1 | |
117 | 26 April 2023 | 2023 Dantewada bombing [50] | Bastar district, Chhattisgarh | 11 (10 Policemen and 1 driver) | ||
118 | 31 July 2023 | Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Train shooting [51] | Palghar, Maharashtra | 1 RPF Officer and 3 civilian passengers killed | Suspect is an RPF Officer influenced by Hindutva Ideology who targeted Muslim train passengers. | |
119 | 29 October 2023 | Ernakulam Jehovah's Witness Convention Center Blast | Kochi, Kerala | 3 | 36 | Perpetrator is a former member of the Jehovah's Witness religion community. |
Year | Number of incidents | Deaths | Injuries |
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2018 | 748 | 350 | 540 |
2017 | 1000 | 470 | 702 |
2016 | 1025 | 467 | 788 |
2015 | 884 | 387 | 649 |
2014 | 860 | 490 | 776 |
2013 | 694 | 467 | 771 |
2012 | 611 | 264 | 651 |
2011 | 645 | 499 | 730 |
2010 | 663 | 812 | 660 |
2009 | 672 | 774 | 854 |
2008 | 534 | 824 | 1,759 |
2007 | 149 | 626 | 1,187 |
2006 | 167 | 722 | 2,138 |
2005 | 146 | 466 | 1,216 |
2004 | 108 | 334 | 949 |
2003 | 196 | 472 | 1,183 |
2002 | 184 | 599 | 1,186 |
2001 | 234 | 660 | 1,144 |
2000 | 180 | 671 | 761 |
1999 | 112 | 469 | 591 |
1998 | 61 | 398 | 411 |
1997 | 193 | 853 | 1,416 |
1996 | 213 | 569 | 952 |
1995 | 179 | 361 | 616 |
1994 | 107 | 389 | 405 |
1993 | 42 | 525 | 1,564 |
1992 | 237 | 1,152 | 917 |
1991 | 339 | 1,113 | 1,326 |
1990 | 349 | 907 | 1,042 |
1989 | 324 | 874 | 769 |
1988 | 358 | 966 | 1,033 |
1987 | 166 | 506 | 429 |
1986 | 96 | 340 | 163 |
1985 | 39 | 51 | 79 |
1984 | 159 | 195 | 364 |
1983 | 47 | 59 | 217 |
1982 | 13 | 64 | 102 |
1981 | 16 | 24 | 12 |
1980 | 10 | 17 | 13 |
1979 | 20 | 31 | 19 |
1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 12,002 | 19,866 | 30,544 |
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