Map 9 · Conflict
Militant attacks in India, 2000–2004
- Region
- India, 2000–2004
- Data
- SATP major incidents, March 2000 to 2004, plus 17 attacks it misses, from news reports.
- Rule
- Militant-initiated attacks only. Same circle scale as maps 4, 5, 11–13 and 16. Reports of one attack within four days in the same district are merged, keeping the highest toll.
579 attacks between 2000 and 2004 killed 3,407 people. These were the Kashmir insurgency’s fidayeen years, from the Chattisinghpura massacre to the attacks on the Jammu and Kashmir assembly and on Parliament in Delhi, and the deadliest years of ULFA, the NDFB and the Tripura groups in the Northeast. The period ends after the Line of Control ceasefire of November 2003, as violence in Kashmir began to fall. The list is the South Asia Terrorism Portal’s record of major incidents in India, those with three or more deaths, with reports of one attack in the same district within four days merged. Attacks launched by militants are kept; security-force operations, encounters started by troops, firing across the Line of Control, riots and fighting between militant groups are left out. Circle area is people killed, not counting the attackers, on the same scale as every other attack map in the atlas.
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Who was blamed
| Group | Attacks | Killed | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast armed groups | 182 | 1,139 | 33% |
| Unclaimed or unidentified | 187 | 1,002 | 29% |
| Kashmir militant groups | 107 | 658 | 19% |
| Maoists | 91 | 503 | 15% |
| Jihadist groups elsewhere | 3 | 55 | 2% |
| Other armed groups | 9 | 50 | 1% |
Deadliest attacks
| Date | Place | Blamed on | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-08-25 | Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar Mumbai, Maharashtra | SIMI or LeT (suspected) | 50 |
| 2000-03-21 | Chatisinghpura village Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir | Lashkar-e-Toiba (suspected) | 36 |
| 2002-05-14 | Kaluchak cantonment Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir | Jamait-ul-Mujahideen or Al Mansoor (unconfirmed claims) | 36 |
| 2004-03-21 | Karbi Anglong district Karbi Anglong East, Assam | Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) | 34 |
| 2001-10-01 | J&K State Legislature Complex Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | Jaish-e-Mohammed (claimed) | 32 |
| 2002-09-24 | Akshardham temple, Gandhinagar Gandhinagar, Gujarat | unknown | 30 |
| 2004-05-23 | Lower Munda, near Qazigund Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir | Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) (claimed) | 30 |
| 2000-12-07 | forest area near Sadiya Tinsukia, Assam | unknown | 28 |
| 2000-08-01 | Pahalgam town Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir | unknown | 26 |
| 2003-08-14 | Kamalnagar village and Krishnapur, Khowai subdivision West Tripura, Tripura | All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) (suspected) | 26 |
| 2004-04-07 | Gua forest area Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand | Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) | 26 |
| 2004-10-02 | Dimapur railway station and Hong Kong Market area Dimapur, Nagaland | unknown | 26 |
By state
| State | Attacks | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Jammu and Kashmir | 251 | 1,355 |
| Assam | 104 | 711 |
| Tripura | 60 | 391 |
| Bihar | 41 | 203 |
| Jharkhand | 30 | 198 |
| Manipur | 30 | 134 |
| Meghalaya | 16 | 75 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 14 | 71 |
| Maharashtra | 4 | 68 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 35 |
- Attacks with one or two deaths are mostly missing from the source list, so the map undercounts the total toll.
- A group is named only when it claimed the attack or was blamed in the report.
- Final official tolls replace first reports for the largest attacks, such as the 2006 Mumbai train bombings (209), 26/11 (166) and Pulwama (40). Attacks SATP misses with five or more deaths were added from news reports and are marked in the CSV.
- SATP’s India list starts in March 2000, so January and February 2000 are thin.
All attacks
Every attack on the map. Select a row to find it on the plate.
579 attacks
| Gateway of India blasts, 2003Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai, MaharashtraTwin taxi bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in Mumbai killed at least 50 people. | 50 | |
| Chattisinghpura, 2000Chatisinghpura village, Anantnag, Jammu and KashmirSuspected Lashkar militants killed 36 Sikhs in Chatisinghpura village, Anantnag district, on March 21. | 36 | |
| Kaluchak, May 2002Kaluchak cantonment, Jammu, Jammu and KashmirFidayeen attack on the Kaluchak cantonment in Jammu killed 36 people, many of them women and children, with 48 injured. | 36 | |
| Karbi Anglong districtKarbi Anglong East, AssamDeath toll from the March 24 Kuki Revolutionary Army attack rose to 34 Karbi tribals. | 34 | |
| J&K State Legislature ComplexSrinagar, Jammu and KashmirJeM suicide attack on Srinagar's Legislature Complex killed 32 victims, including eight SF personnel; four attackers also died; 70 injured. | 32 | |
| Akshardham temple, 2002Akshardham temple, Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, GujaratHeavily armed terrorists stormed the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar, killing 25 to 30 people. | 30 | |
| Lower Munda, near QazigundAnantnag, Jammu and KashmirHizbul Mujahideen IED on the Srinagar-Jammu highway at Lower Munda killed at least 30, including 19 BSF personnel. | 30 | |
| Forest area near SadiyaTinsukia, AssamUnidentified terrorists killed 28 Hindi-speaking travellers in a forest near Sadiya, Assam; 14 injured. | 28 | |
| Pahalgam townAnantnag, Jammu and KashmirTwo terrorists attacked Amarnath pilgrims in Pahalgam town, killing 26 people including 18 pilgrims and four security personnel. | 26 | |
| Kamalnagar village and Krishnapur, Khowai subdivisionWest Tripura, TripuraSuspected ATTF terrorists killed 26 persons in two attacks at Kamalnagar and Krishnapur, Khowai subdivision, West Tripura. | 26 | |
| Gua forest areaPashchimi Singhbhum, JharkhandMCC Naxalite landmine blasts in Gua forest killed 26 police personnel in West Singhbhum district. | 26 | |
| Dimapur blasts, Oct 2004Dimapur railway station and Hong Kong Market area, Dimapur, NagalandTwo IED blasts at Dimapur railway station and Hong Kong Market killed 26 people and injured over 100. | 26 | |
| Rajiv Nagar, near Qasim NagarRajouri, Jammu and KashmirUnidentified terrorists disguised as pilgrims killed about 25 people, including 12 women and a child, at Rajiv Nagar, Jammu. | 25 | |
| Nandimarg village, near ShopianShupiyan, Jammu and KashmirTerrorists in police uniform killed at least 24 Kashmiri Pandits at Nandimarg village, Phulwama district. | 24 | |
| Various places in lower AssamHojai, AssamSuspected NDFB and ULFA blasts across lower Assam killed 24 people and injured over 40 on October 2. | 24 | |
| Chakerchang and Mednartal villages, Sonai police station limitsCachar, AssamAlleged HPC terrorists abducted and killed at least 23 tribals from Cachar villages; bodies found near Mastul hills. | 23 | |
| Miapur villageAurangabad, BiharRanvir Sena killed 22 people at Miapur village in Bihar's Aurangabad district on June 16. | 22 | |
| Dadgiri villageKokrajhar, AssamSuspected NDFB militants shot dead 22 civilians, mostly immigrant labourers, at Dadgiri village in Kokrajhar. | 22 | |
| HirapurWest Tripura, TripuraUnidentified terrorists ambushed a Tripura State Rifles escort party at Hirapur, killing 19 personnel. | 19 | |
| Lower Munda, Jammu-Srinagar highwayRamban, Jammu and KashmirIED blast on the Jammu-Srinagar highway at Lower Munda killed 19, including nine security personnel, three women and two children. | 19 | |
| Bitkilsoya, Manoharpur police station area, Saranda forestsPashchimi Singhbhum, JharkhandMCC ambushed a police convoy at Bitkilsoya in Saranda forests, killing 18 police and injuring 20. | 18 | |
| Sidhai villageWest Tripura, TripuraSuspected ATTF terrorists attacked Sidhai village in West Tripura, killing 18 civilians and injuring six. | 18 | |
| Ludar (Shrotidhar), Paddar valley, KishtwarDoda, Jammu and KashmirAbout ten militants dragged 20 men from their houses in Ludar hamlet, Paddar, and shot them; 17 died and four survived wounded. | 17 | |
| Dhemaji College groundDhemaji, AssamSuspected ULFA remote-controlled blast at Dhemaji College ground killed 17, including 16 children, and injured 40. | 17 | |
| Naugarh police station areaChandauli, Uttar PradeshSuspected Naxalites triggered an explosion under a PAC combing party in Naugarh, Chandauli, killing 17 personnel. | 17 | |
| Singicherra BazarWest Tripura, TripuraNLFT terrorists in security force uniforms opened fire on a crowded market at Singicherra Bazar, West Tripura, killing 16 people. | 16 | |
| Pharhar Nagar railway crossing, MadhoganjHardoi, Uttar PradeshExplosive in a tempo blew up near Pharhar Nagar railway crossing in Hardoi, killing all 16 passengers. | 16 | |
| Makrijhora market, Bogoribari police station areaDhubri, AssamNDFB militants fired indiscriminately at Makrijhora market in Dhubri district, killing 16 and injuring 20. | 16 | |
| AgumabariSouth Tripura, TripuraSuspected NLFT squad ambushed Territorial Army personnel at Agumabari, killing at least 16 and looting weapons. | 16 | |
| Kakojan, NaoholiaTinsukia, AssamSuspected ULFA militants killed fifteen civilians in two attacks in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh; ULFA denied involvement. | 15 | |
| Morha Salui villageRajouri, Jammu and KashmirLashkar-e-Toiba terrorists killed fifteen civilians at Morha Salui, Rajouri, then set houses ablaze. | 15 | |
| CherjiDoda, Jammu and KashmirUnidentified terrorists massacred 15 civilians at Cherji in Doda district on the night of July 21. | 15 | |
| Mthadih village, Satgawan police station limitsKodarma, JharkhandNaxalites of MCC and PWG blasted a landmine under a police patrol van at Mthadih village, Koderma, killing an estimated 15 police. | 15 | |
| Soonmari, about 60 km from GuwahatiKamrup Metropolitan, AssamSuspected Bodo terrorists blew up two bogies of a passenger train at Soonmari, killing 14 passengers. | 14 | |
| Outside a bank, SrinagarSrinagar, Jammu and KashmirMilitants grenade attack and car bomb in Srinagar on August 10 killed 14 people and injured 42. | 14 | |
| BorahaldiNorth Tripura, TripuraSuspected NLFT terrorists attacked Borahaldi, North Tripura, killing villagers; communal reprisals followed, with 14 dead. | 14 | |
| Belpu villageHazaribagh, JharkhandMaoist Communist Centre Naxalites killed fourteen people, including an 18-month-old, at Belpu village, Hazaribagh. | 14 | |
| Maitra bridge, Ramban townDoda, Jammu and KashmirSuspected LeT ambush on Maitra bridge, Ramban, killed 10 security personnel and four civilians; 32 injured. | 14 | |
| Poonch district (no locality given)Punch, Jammu and KashmirTerrorists reportedly killed 14 people and injured 22 in another Poonch attack the same day. | 14 | |
| Chintagudem near EturunagaramWarangal (R), Andhra PradeshPWG Naxalites blew up a moving state transport bus with a landmine at Chintagudem, killing 14 civilian passengers. | 14 | |
| Dhekiajuli, Gouripur, Bijni and GossaigaonDhubri, AssamNDFB bomb blasts at several Assam towns killed 14 people and injured at least 58 on October 3. | 14 | |
| Khowai subdivisionWest Tripura, TripuraNLFT militants killed 13 people in an armed attack in Khowai subdivision, West Tripura district, on April 16. | 13 | |
| BampurSouth Tripura, TripuraSuspected ATTF ambush at Bampur, South Tripura killed thirteen, including eleven security personnel and two civilians. | 13 | |
| MoranDibrugarh, AssamSuspected ULFA militants killed 13 surrendered SULFA cadres and injured 10 more at Moran, Dibrugarh. | 13 | |
| SheshnagAnantnag, Jammu and KashmirTerrorists attacked Amarnath pilgrims near Sheshnag, killing 13 including six pilgrims and two SF personnel; 15 injured. | 13 | |
| Topchanchi block office premisesDhanbad, JharkhandMaoist Communist Centre Naxalites attacked a police picket at Topchanchi, Dhanbad, killing 13 policemen at midday. | 13 | |
| Dailongjhar villageBongaigaon, AssamAn estimated 20 NDFB terrorists massacred 13 civilians at Dailongjhar, Bongaigaon, during a festival; five were injured. | 13 | |
| Raghunath and Panjbakhtar temples, Residency RoadJammu, Jammu and KashmirLeT fidayeen attacked Raghunath and Panjbakhtar temples in Jammu City, killing at least 13 people; both attackers died. | 13 | |
| Kahlil village, TralPulwama, Jammu and KashmirPowerful IED hit two security vehicles near Kahlil village, Tral, killing six CRPF men, four STF personnel, a civilian driver and a later casualty. | 12 | |
| Khas Kalyanpur areaWest Tripura, TripuraSuspected ATTF militants killed 12 Bengalis in Khas Kalyanpur area, West Tripura district, on April 14. | 12 |
Sources
- South Asia Terrorism Portal, Major incidents of terrorism-related violence in India, 2000–2020 (satp.org); attacks it misses added from news reports, each marked in the CSV.
- Place names: GeoNames gazetteer for Pakistan, India and Saudi Arabia. Neighbouring countries: Natural Earth.
- District geometry: Blank Districts of Pakistan.svg by Abbasi786786 on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); geoBoundaries IND ADM2 (Local Government Directory, 2021) and CHN ADM0, aligned to the Commons map.