India faced more than 4,100 terrorist attacks between 1970 and 2004, accounting for more than 12,000 fatalities, according to the Global Terrorism Database.
The database is maintained by the University of Maryland and the US National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START).
START's Terrorist Organisation Profiles (TOPs) collection has information on 56 groups known to have engaged in terrorism in India, including the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).
About 12,540 terrorist-related fatalities in India between 1970 and 2004 - an average of almost 360 fatalities per year from terrorism in India. These fatalities peaked in 1991 and 1992, when 1,184 and 1,132 individuals (respectively) were killed in such incidents, a University of Maryland statement said.
These figures are on the lower side as official figures in India put the toll at around 70,000 deaths.
Terrorists in India have employed a variety of attack types over time, 38.7 per cent of terrorist events were facility attacks, 29.7 per cent were bombings (in which the intent was to destroy a specific facility), and 25.5 per cent were assassinations. Last week's terror attacks in Mumbai, which left at least 183 dead, would be classified as a series of coordinated facility attacks.
List of Attacks from 2005:
- Oct. 29, 2005: Sixty-two people killed by three blasts at markets in New Delhi ahead of Hindu holiday of Diwali.
- July 11, 2006: Seven blasts rip through rail stations and commuter trains in Mumbai, killing 187. March 7, 2006: Three explosions rock Hindu temple and train station in Hindu holy city of Varanasi, killing 20.
- Feb. 19, 2007:Train heading from India to Pakistan torn apart by two bombs, sparking fire that kills 68.
- May 18, 2007: Bomb during Friday prayers at historic mosque in Hyderabad kills 11 worshippers. Police later fatally shoot five people during clashes with Muslims protesting attack.
- Aug. 25, 2007: Forty-three people killed by three explosions at park and street-side food stall in Hyderabad.
- Nov. 24, 2007: Nearly simultaneous explosions rip courthouse complexes in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, killing 16.
- May 13, 2008: Seven bombs hit crowded markets and streets outside Hindu temples in Jaipur, killing 80.
- July 25, 2008: Seven small bombs kill two in Bangalore, hub of India's technology industry.
- July 26, 2008: Some 16 small bombs explode in Ahmedabad, killing 45.
- Sept. 13, 2008:At least five explosions in crowded shopping areas kill 21 and wound 100 in New Delhi, national capital.
- Nov. 26, 2008: Series of shooting and grenade attacks, including two on luxury hotels, kill at least 172 people and wound 239 in Mumbai, India's main commercial city.
source: ibnlive.com
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