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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Terrorist attacks in India "26/11" redirects here. For the date, see November 26. 2008 Mumbai attacks Part of terrorism in India Places of the attacks Location Mumbai, India Leopold Café Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Oberoi Trident Cama Hospital Nariman ...
Arushi Jain from The Indian Express summarizes her take stating "State of Siege 26/11 gives you a stirring visual account of the 2008 Mumbai attacks and compels you to keep watching." [ 2 ] Udita Jhunjhunwala from Scroll.in wrote "State of Siege is less about the victims and their trauma and more about the men with the guns and power."
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 ...
On November 26, 2008, 10 Islamic terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba organisation attack two luxury hotels (one of them the famous Taj Mahal Hotel), a Jewish educational center, a café and a train station in Mumbai, killing 166 people. They also placed pipe bombs in two taxis, which killed the drivers whilst driving to a hotel.
Under the art direction of Uday Singh a replica of Taj Hotel was created with a cost of ₹ 40 million. [21] Varma auditioned 500 applicants and selected Sanjeev Jaiswal to play Ajmal Kasab, the prime accused terrorist in the 26/11 attack on Mumbai. [22] Varma had also asked policemen to watch 15-minute trailer of The Attacks of 26/11. [7]
The Leopold Cafe was founded in 1871 by Iranis (a term used for Zoroastrians in Mumbai who arrived in India in the 19th century, as opposed to "Parsis") and named after King Leopold of the Belgians. These Zoroastrian Iranians came to India in the late 19th and early 20th century, and many of them opened restaurants now often termed Irani cafés ...
Michael Palin spent the night in the hotel in episode 4 of Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days. 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].
An ISI officer known as Major Iqbal gave Headley $25,000 in cash in 2006 to scout out the target sites in Mumbai, helped him arrange a communications system for the attack, and oversaw a model of the Taj Mahal Hotel so that gunmen could know their way inside the target, according to Headley's testimony to Indian authorities.