Chronology of major attacks in India since 2001

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Following is a chronology of major attacks in India in the past five years:

MUMBAI:   Following is a chronology of major attacks in India in the past five years:   

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 school children, 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 were killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the north Indian 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 25 people are feared killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km  northeast of Mumbai.