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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 ...
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: 05:05: Revised estimate of one terrorist remaining. 29 Nov: 07:30: Fire ...
David Coleman Headley (born Daood Sayed Gilani; June 30, 1960) is an American terrorist.He is known for assisting the Pakistan-based Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in planning the 2008 Mumbai attacks; providing multiple surveillance and terrorist reconnaissance missions throughout central Mumbai.
Images captured on 9/11 show the devastation caused by terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York City in 2001.
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 ...
The hotel is the setting for the 2015 film Taj Mahal. The hotel is the setting for the 2018 film Hotel Mumbai about the attacks, starring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer. Hotel Grand Palace is another name for Hotel Taj Mahal [dubious – discuss]. This name has been used by people as a translation of the Hindi version of Taj Mahal, especially by ...