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The 2008 Mumbai attacks [14] (also referred to as 26/11 attacks) [15] [a] were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organisation, carried out 12 shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab (Urdu: اجمل قصاب; 13 July 1987 – 21 November 2012) [2] was a Pakistani [3] [4] terrorist and a member of the Islamist terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba through which he took part in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in Maharashtra, India.
On the night of 26 November 2008, several buildings in South Mumbai were attacked. [22] One of the buildings where hostages were held was the iconic 100-year-old Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC(P) was the team commander of 51 Special Action Group (51 SAG) deployed at the Taj hotel to rescue the hostages. He entered the ...
Varma stated that they used sources to research the attacks, including eyewitnesses, police statements, [10] [11] charge sheets and the author of the book, Rommel Rodrigues, whom he described as "a walking encyclopaedia". [11] Under the art direction of Uday Singh, a replica of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was built with a cost of ₹ 40 million ...
Security forces handed back control of the Taj Mahal Hotel to the Taj group on 1 December 2008, and work on its repairs began that same day. [2] Celebrated artist M.F. Hussain, whose art was destroyed in the attacks, has agreed to replace the paintings with a series that will condemn the attack. Hussain plans this series as a tribute to the ...
Images captured on 9/11 show the devastation caused by terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City in 2001.
12 to 15 bodies recovered from the Taj by naval commandos. 28 Nov: 19:30: Fresh explosions and gunshots at Taj Hotel. 28 Nov: 20:30: Report that one terrorist remains at the Taj. 29 Nov: 03:40 – 04:10: Reports of five explosions at the Taj. 29 Nov: 04:20: The Taj Mahal Hotel is reported to be completely under government control. [15] 29 Nov ...
The ceremonial opening of the twin towers in April,1973 followed seven years of construction and more than a decade of planning. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the attacks, with more than ...