List of terrorist incidents in India

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This is a list of terrorist incidents in India. In July 2016, the Government of India released data saying that since 2005, terrorist attacks in India had killed 707 people and left over 3,200 injured.[1]

List of terror attacks in India

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# Date Incidents & Description Location People Killed Injured Status of the Case Perpetrators
1 8 June 1980 Mandai massacre[2] Tripura 500 N/A Tripura Insurgent Groups
2 2 August 1984 Meenambakkam bomb blast[3] Tamil Nadu 30 25 Verdict given Tamil Eelam Army[4]
3 7 July 1987 1987 Haryana killings[5] Haryana 36 60 N/A Khalistan Commando Force
4 21 May 1991 Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi[6] Tamil Nadu 15 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam[7]
5 15 June 1991 1991 Punjab killings[8] Punjab 126 200 Khalistan Commando Force
6 17 October 1991 1991 Rudrapur bombings[9] Uttarakhand 41 140 Bhindranwale Saffron Tigers Of Khalistan[10]
7 8 November 1991 1991 Kalyan train bomb blast[11][12][13] Mumbai 12 65 Verdict given Babbar Khalsa[14]
8 12 March 1993 1993 Bombay bombings[15][16] 257 700+ D-Company[17]
9 16 March 1993 1993 Bowbazar bombing Kolkata 69 Unknown
10 9 April 1993 Palar blast Karnataka 22 13 Veerapan Gang
11 8 August 1993 1993 bombing of RSS office in Chennai Tamil Nadu 11 7 Islamic terrorists
12 5–6 December 1993 Trains and Ajmer[18] Rajasthan
13 21 May 1996 1996 Lajpat Nagar blast[19] New Delhi 13 38 Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front[20]
14 22 May 1996 1996 Dausa blast Rajasthan 14 37 Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front[21]
15 30 December 1996 Brahmaputra Mail train bombing Assam 33 150 N/A Bodo Security Force
16 14 February 1998 1998 Coimbatore bombings Tamil Nadu 58 200+ Verdict given Al Ummah[22]
17 20 May 2000 Bagber massacre[23] Tripura 25 National Liberation Front of Tripura[24]
18 May–July 2000 2000 Church bombings of South India Karnataka, Goa and Andhra Pradesh 0 Verdict given Deendar Anjuman[25]
19 22 December 2000 2000 terrorist attack on Red Fort[26] Old Delhi 3 14 Lashkar-e-Taiba
20 9 June 2001 Charar-e-Sharief mosque attack[27] Charari Sharief, Jammu & Kashmir 4 60 Unknown
21 1 October 2001 2001 Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly car bombing Jammu and Kashmir 38 Jaish-e-Mohammed[28]
22 13 December 2001 2001 Indian Parliament attack[29] New Delhi 9 18 Verdict given Jaish-e-Mohammed[30]
23 22 January 2002 American Cultural Centre attack[31] Kolkata 5 20 Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami[32]
24 13 May 2002 2002 Jaunpur train crash[33] Jaunpur 12 80 Student's Islamic Movement of India
25 30 March 2002 2002 Raghunath temple attacks[34] Jammu 11 20 Lashkar-e-Taiba
26 10 September 2002 Rafiganj train wreck Bihar 200 150+ Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War
27 24 November 2002 2002 Raghunath temple attacks[34] Jammu 14 45 Lashkar-e-Taiba
28 6 December 2002 2002 Mumbai bus bombing[35] Mumbai 2 14 Unknown
29 21 December 2002 Kurnool train crash Andhra Pradesh 20 80 Lashkar-e-Taiba
30 24 September 2002 Attack on Akshardham temple Gujarat 31 80 Verdict given
31 27 January 2003 January 2003 Mumbai bombing[36] Mumbai 1 28
32 13 March 2003 March 2003 Mumbai bombing[37] 10
33 23 March 2003 2003 Nadimarg massacre Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir 25 1 Lashkar-e-Taiba[38]
34 14 August 2003 Kamalnagar massacre[39] Tripura 14 N/A All Tripura Tiger Force[40]
35 25 August 2003 August 2003 Mumbai bombings Mumbai 52 Lashkar-e-Taiba
36 2 January 2004 Jammu railway station attack[41] Jammu 4 14
37 15 August 2004 2004 Dhemaji school bombing Assam 18 40 ULFA[42]
38 2 October 2004 2004 Dimapur bombings Dimapur, Nagaland 30 100 Islamic terrorists
39 5 July 2005 2005 Ayodhya attack[43] Ayodhya 6 Lashkar-e-Taiba[44]
40 28 July 2005 2005 Jaunpur train bombing[45] N/A 13 50 Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
41 29 October 2005 2005 Delhi bombings: Three powerful serial blasts in Delhi at different places[46] Delhi 70 250 Lashkar-e-Taiba[47]
42 28 December 2005 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting Karnataka 1 4 Lashkar-e-Taiba
43 19 February 2006 2006 Ahmedabad railway station bombing Gujarat 0 25 Lashkar-e-Taiba[48]
44 7 March 2006 2006 Varanasi bombings: Three synchronized terrorist attacks in Varanasi in Shri Sankatmochan Mandir and Varanasi Cantonment Railway Station[49][50] Varanasi 28 101 Indian Mujahideen[51]
45 11 July 2006 2006 Mumbai train bombings: Series of 7 train bombing during the evening rush hour in Mumbai Mumbai 209 714 Lashkar-e-Taiba[52]
46 8 September 2006 2006 Malegaon bombings: Series of bomb blasts in the vicinity of a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra Maharashtra 40 125 Students Islamic Movement of India
47 18 February 2007 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings Haryana 70 50 Lashkar-e-Taiba[53]

Abhinav Bharat[54]

48 18 May 2007 Mecca Masjid bombing Hyderabad 16 100 Abhinav Bharat[55]
49 25 August 2007 August 2007 Hyderabad bombings - Two blasts in Hyderabad's Lumbini park and Gokul Chat. 42 54 verdict given Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami
50 11 October 2007 Ajmer Dargah bombing[56] Rajasthan 3 17 Abhinav Bharat[57]
51 14 October 2007 One blast in a movie theatre in the town of Ludhiana[56] Ludhiana 6 Sikh terrorists
52 24 November 2007 A series of near-simultaneous explosions at courthouse complexes in the cities of Lucknow, Varanasi, and Faizabad[56] Uttar Pradesh 16 70 Indian Mujahideen[58]
53 1 January 2008 Terror attack on CRPF camp in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh by Lashkar-e-Taiba,[59] 8 5 Lashkar-e-Taiba[60]
54 13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings: 9 bomb blasts along 6 areas in Jaipur[61] Jaipur 71 200 Verdict given[61] Indian Mujahideen[62]
55 25 July 2008 2008 Bengaluru serial blasts: 8 low intensity bomb blasts in Bengaluru Bengaluru 1 20 Arrests made Lashkar-e-Taiba
56 26 July 2008 2008 Ahmedabad bombings: 17 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad 56 200 Indian Mujahideen[63]

Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami[64]

57 13 September 2008 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings: 5 bomb blasts in Delhi markets Delhi 33 130 Indian Mujahideen[65]
58 27 September 2008 27 September 2008 Delhi bombing: Bombings at Mehrauli area, 2 bomb blasts in Delhi flower market 3 21 Unknown
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 Abhinav Bharat
60 1 October 2008 2008 Agartala bombings Agartala 4 100 All-Tripura Tiger Force
61 21 October 2008 2008 Imphal bombing Imphal 17 40+ Kangleipak Communist Party[66]
62 30 October 2008 2008 Assam bombings Assam 81 470 National Democratic Front of Bodoland[67]
63 26 November 2008 2008 Mumbai attacks[68][69] Mumbai 171 300+ Verdict given Lashkar-e-Taiba[70]
64 1 January 2009 2009 Guwahati bombings[71] Assam 6 67 ULFA
65 6 April 2009 2009 Assam bombings[72] 9 63
66 13 February 2010 2010 Pune bombing[73] Pune 17 54 Lashkar-e-Taiba & Indian Mujahideen
67 15 February 2010 Silda camp attack West Bengal 28 Communist Party of India (Maoist)[74]
68 6 April 2010 April 2010 Maoist attack in Dantewada Chhattisgarh 84 (including 8 terrorists) 8 Communist Party of India (Maoist)[75]
69 17 May 2010 2010 Dantewada bus bombing 31-44 15 Communist Party of India (Maoist)[76]
70 28 May 2010 Jnaneswari Express train derailment West Bengal 148 200+ Communist Party of India (Maoist)
71 7 December 2010 2010 Varanasi bombing[77] Varanasi 2 37 Indian Mujahideen[78]
72 13 July 2011 2011 Mumbai bombings Mumbai 26 130 Indian Mujahideen[79]
73 7 September 2011 2011 Delhi bombing[80] New Delhi 15 74 Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami
73 13 February 2012 2012 attacks on Israeli diplomats 0 4 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
75 1 August 2012 2012 Pune bombings Pune 0 1 Indian Mujahideen
76 21 February 2013 2013 Hyderabad blasts Hyderabad 18 131
77 13 March 2013 March 2013 Srinagar attack Jammu and Kashmir 7 10 Hizbul Mujahideen
78 17 April 2013 2013 Bengaluru blast Bengaluru 0 16
79 25 May 2013 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley Sukma, Chhattisgarh 32 32 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
80 24 June 2013 June 2013 Srinagar attack Jammu and Kashmir 8 19 Hizbul Mujahideen
81 7 July 2013 July 2013 Maoist attack in Dumka Dumka, Jharkhand 2 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
82 Bodh Gaya bombings Bodh Gaya 0 5 Indian Mujahideen
83 27 October 2013 2013 Patna bombings Patna 6 85
84 26 December 2013 2013 Jalpaiguri bombing Jalpaiguri, West Bengal 5 5 Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
85 11 March 2014 2014 Chhattisgarh attack Chhattisgarh 16 3 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
86 25 April 2014 Blast in Jharkhand[81] Jharkhand 8 4-5
87 28 April 2014 Blast in Budgam District[82] Jammu and Kashmir 0 18
88 1 May 2014 2014 Chennai train bombing Chennai 1 14
89 May 2014 Assam violence Assam 33 National Democratic Front of Bodoland
90 12 May 2014 Maoist blast in Gadchiroli District[83] Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra 7 2 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
91 23 December 2014 December 2014 Assam violence Assam 85 National Democratic Front of Bodoland
92 28 December 2014 2014 Bengaluru bombing[84] Bengaluru 1 5
93 20 March 2015 2015 Jammu attack[85] Jammu 6 10
94 4–9 June 2015 2015 Manipur ambush Chandel district, Manipur 176 (including 158 terrorists) 15 Surgical strike by Indian Armed Forces near India Myanmar border killing 156 terrorists.[86][circular reference] National Socialist Council of Nagaland-K
95 27 July 2015 2015 Gurdaspur attack in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district Gurdaspur district, Punjab 10 15
96 2 January 2016 2016 Pathankot attack in Pathankot Air Force Station, Pathankot Pathankot, Punjab 7
97 25 June 2016 2016 Pampore attack Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir 8 22
98 5 August 2016 2016 Kokrajhar shooting.[87] Kokrajhar, Assam 14 15 National Democratic Front of Bodoland
99 18 September 2016 2016 Uri attack[88] 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.[89] Lashkar-e-Taiba
100 3 October 2016 2016 Baramulla attack Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir 5
101 6 October 2016 2016 Handwara attack at 30 Rashtriya Rifles 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 10 Islamic State
104 24 April 2017 2017 Sukma attack Sukma district, Chhattisgarh 26 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
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 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
108 14 February 2019 2019 Pulwama attack Awantipora, Jammu & Kashmir 40 35 Air strikes by Indian Air Force on Pakistani Islamic militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed Jaish-e-Mohammed
109 7 March 2019 2019 Jammu Bus stand grenade blast[90] Jammu 3 28-35 Arrest made of a teen aged student of 9th standard of a local school.
110 9 April 2019 2019 Dantewada attack[91] Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 5 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
111 2019 killing of RSS worker in Kishtwar[92] Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir 2 Curfew imposed in Kishtwar and adjoining areas
112 1 May 2019 Gadchiroli Naxal bombing[93] Gadchiroli, Maharashtra 16 Unknown
113 12 June 2019 June 2019 Kashmir attack[94] Awantipora, Jammu & Kashmir 5(+1) 4 Got away
114 21 March 2020 2020 Sukma Maoists attack Sukma district, Chhattisgarh 17 15 Communist Party of India (Maoist)
115 3 April 2021 2021 Sukma–Bijapur attack 22 (+9) 32
116 1–2 January 2023 2023 Rajouri attacks Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir 7 12
117 8 April 2023 2023 Elathur train arson[95] Elathur, Kozhikode district, Kerala 3 Unknown. Culprit is believed to be a lone wolf.
118 26 April 2023 2023 Dantewada bombing[96] Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh 11 (10 Policemen and 1 driver) Communist Party of India (Maoist)
119 29 October 2023 Ernakulam Jehovah's Witness Convention Center Blast[97] Kochi 3 36 Perpetrator is a former member of the Jehovah's Witness religion community.
120 1 March 2024 2024 Bengaluru Cafe bombing Bengaluru 0 9 Chargesheet filed against four Islamic State members.[98] Islamic State
121 9 June 2024 2024 Reasi attack[99] Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir 9 41 Islamist terrorists attacked Hindu pilgrims returning from pilgrimage.[100] Lashkar-e-Taiba
122 22 April 2025 2025 Pahalgam attack[101] Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir 26 20 Terrorists fired on tourists killing more than 26 and injuring multiple civilians. Hindus were attacked while one Muslim tried to retaliate and got killed in the process.[102]
123 10 November 2025 2025 Delhi car explosion[103] Red Fort, Delhi 15 20+ Under Investigation Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
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Year, fatalities, and number of incidents

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Terrorist incidents in India[104]
YearNumber of
incidents		DeathsInjuries
2025 206 98 Not Fully Released
2024 279 165 ~320
2023 274 144 ~290
2022 291 162 344
2021 322 197 451
2020 448 258 490
2019 558 277 536
2018748350540
20171000470702
20161025467788
2015884387649
2014860490776
2013694467771
2012611264651
2011645499730
2010663812660
2009672774854
20085348241,759
20071496261,187
20061677222,138
20051464661,216
2004108334949
20031964721,183
20021845991,186
20012346601,144
2000180671761
1999112469591
199861398411
19971938531,416
1996213569952
1995179361616
1994107389405
1993425251,564
19922371,152917
19913391,1131,326
19903499071,042
1989324874769
19883589661,033
1987166506429
198696340163
1985395179
1984159195364
19834759217
19821364102
1981162412
1980101713
1979203119
1978000
1977100
1976100
1975140
1974000
1973000
1972100
1971000
1970000
Total12,00219,86630,544
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