When terror strikes: Serial bomb blasts that shook the country

On this day in 2003, not only the city but the nation was rocked by numerous bomb blasts at Zaveri Bazar and Gateway of India, Mumbai. We bring you a list of bombings that shook the nation and sent shivers down the spine leaving innocent lives being killed ruthlessly and amassing innumerable people being severely injured

Updated On: 2018-08-25 06:00 PM IST

The 2011 Mumbai bombings often referred to as 13 July was a series of three coordinated bomb explosions at different locations in Mumbai that occurred on 13 July 2011. The blasts took place within a span of 30 minutes and shook the high profile areas of Mumbai such as the Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar and at Dadar West localities. Pic/AFP

The 2011 Mumbai bombings often referred to as 13 July was a series of three coordinated bomb explosions at different locations in Mumbai that occurred on 13 July 2011. The blasts took place within a span of 30 minutes and shook the high profile areas of Mumbai such as the Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar and at Dadar West localities. Pic/AFP

Terror had struck Delhi big time when a powerful bomb placed in a briefcase ripped through a crowded reception area at the entrance of the Delhi High Court on September 7, 2011, killing 12 and injuring more than 80 people in the blast.

Terror had struck Delhi big time when a powerful bomb placed in a briefcase ripped through a crowded reception area at the entrance of the Delhi High Court on September 7, 2011, killing 12 and injuring more than 80 people in the blast.

A tempo was hit by a blast that was transporting 8 women who were on a pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi and Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir on July 28, 2012. The impact of the blast was such that it left 3 dead and motorcycle-borne injured.

A tempo was hit by a blast that was transporting 8 women who were on a pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi and Amarnath in Jammu and Kashmir on July 28, 2012. The impact of the blast was such that it left 3 dead and motorcycle-borne injured.

Four low-intensity blasts rocked the city of Pune within a span of nearly 40 minutes on the fateful night of August 1, 2012. The explosions occurred at locations within a radius of 1 km in Jangli Maharaj Road: in front of Balgandharva Auditorium, opposite to KFC restaurant near Garware Bridge, Dena Bank branch at Jangli Maharaj Road, and in front of the McDonald's restaurant. A fifth live bomb was found on JM Road which was later defused. The blasts that shook Pune city left Dayanand Bhaurao Patil (age 34), a local tailor, injured. Pic/AFP

An Israeli embassy car had exploded close to the mission in New Delhi on February 13, 2012 in a suspected coordinated terror attack. A motorcyclist attached a sticky bomb to the car of the wife of the Israeli defence attache to India while she was on her way to pick up her children from school. The woman, Tal Yehoshua Koren, sustained moderate injuries while her driver and two bystanders suffered minor injuries.

A car bomb exploded in Srinagar - the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on March 22, 2012, killing one person and wounding 20 others. Pic/AFP

A car bomb exploded in Srinagar - the largest city and the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on March 22, 2012, killing one person and wounding 20 others. Pic/AFP

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