26/11 terrorist Ajmal Qasab was finally executed at 7:30 am at Yerawada Jail in Pune. A timeline
2008
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Nov 26: Qasab and nine Pakistani gunmen launch a bloody attack on multiple locations in south Mumbai
Nov 27: At 1.30 a.m., Qasab caught and placed under arrest, admitted to Nair hospital
Nov 29: Qasab gives statement to police, confesses role
Nov 29: All places under siege secured after 60 hours, nine terrorists killed
Nov 30: Qasab confesses before police
Dec 27/28: Identification parade held
2009
Jan 13: M.L. Tahaliyani appointed 26/11 special judge
Jan 16: Arthur Road Jail selected for Qasab's trial
Feb 5: Qasab's DNA samples match with articles seized from fishing boat, Kuber
Feb 20/21: Qasab makes confession before Magistrate (Miss) R.V. Sawant-Wagule
Feb 22: Ujjwal Nikam appointed special public prosecutor
Feb 25: Chargesheet against Qasab, two others filed in Esplanade Metropolitan Court
April 1: Anjali Waghmare appointed Qasab's lawyer by the special court
April 15: Trial in 26/11 case commences
April 15: Anjali Waghmare removed as Qasab's lawyer
April 16: S.G. Abbas Kazmi appointed Qasab's lawyer
April 17: Qasab's confession opened in court, he retracts
April 20: Prosecution charge Qasab on 312 counts
April 29: Qasab is major, say experts after lawyer claimed he was juvenile
May 6: Charges framed, Qasab charged on 86 counts, denies charges
May 8: First eyewitness deposes, identifies Qasab
June 23: Non-bailable warrants issued against 22, including Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi
June 25: Qasab suffering from ulcers, court told
July 20: Qasab pleads guilty before Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani
Nov 30: Abbas Kazmi removed as Qasab's lawyer
Dec 1: K.P. Pawar officially takes Abbas Kazmi's place
Dec 16: Prosecution completes case in 26/11
Dec 18: Qasab denies all charges
2010
Feb 11: Shahid Azmi, lawyer of one of the 26/11 accused, shot dead in Kurla
Feb 22: David Coleman Headley issue crops up in court
Feb 23: Final argument to begins from March 9
March 31: Special court fixes May 3 as date of judgement
May 6: Qasab sentenced to death by 26/11 court
June 8: Amin Solkar, Farhana Shah appointed lawyers for Qasab to appear in high court
Oct 18: Qasab's death sentence confirmation/appeal hearing to commence in high court
Oct 19: Qasab throws tantrums, wants to attend court in person, spits at camera and says "send me to America"; judges warn him to behave properly
Oct 21: Qasab reiterates before his lawyers that he wants to come to court personally
Oct 25: High court judges views CCTV footage purportedly showing Qasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismail in terror acts.
Oct 27: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justifies death sentence awarded to Qasab by trial court
Oct 29: Qasab confused trial court by taking frequent U-turns, argues Nikam
Nov 23: High court judges once again watch CCTV footages of Qasab and Ismael
Nov 25: Qasab's lawyer Amin Solkar begins argument, says trial was unfair. He demands retrial in 26/11 case
Nov 30: Solkar argues that charge of "waging war against nation" was not made out against Qasab
Dec 2: Qasab did not come from Pakistan by dinghy, his lawyer says. Adds that dinghy could not accommodate 10 people
2011
Jan 17: Court reserves judgment till Feb 7
Feb 7: Bombay High Court sets Feb 21 as judgment date
Feb 21: Bombay High Court upholds death verdict on Qasab
July 29: Qasab challenges death sentence in Supreme Court
2012
Aug 29: Supreme Court confirms Qasab's death sentenceu00a0
Nov 5: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Qasb’s mercy petition
Nov 21:u00a0Qasab hanged at Yerwada Jail in Pune and buried inside the jail premises
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