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# India's bloody track record
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/indias-bloody-track-record/
- Published: 2007-02-22T00:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:55:23.000Z
- Author: terrorism.openDemocracy Terrorism.opendemocracy
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 19:37

This week's attack on the "Samjhauta Express" train between India and Pakistan shocked the world after a symbol of friendship and reconciliation was reduced to carnage and wreckage. India, however, has a painfully long history of terrorist attacks. The Indian railways - the largest and busiest rail system in the world - are particularly vulnerable. Train blasts and attacks have been a weapon of choice for militants operating in the country. This Madrid11.net timeline charts the recent history of rail terrorism in India.

18 February, 2007

[**Samjhauta train blasts**](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Death%5Ftoll%5Fin%5FSamjhauta%5FExpress%5Fblast%5Frises%5Fto%5F68/articleshow/1641022.cms?ref=opendemocracy.net): 68 mostly Muslim passengers die in attack by unnamed group. Police as of now have detained two suspects.

24 January, 2007

[**Cargo train bombing in Assam**](http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0701248474084420.htm?ref=opendemocracy.net): Separatists of the United Liberation Front of Assam ([Ulfa](http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist%5Foutfits/ULFA.HTM?ref=opendemocracy.net)) strike a cargo train in the hope of causing a collision with the Kamrup Express passenger train in the northeastern state of Assam.

20 November, 2006

[**Belakhoba bombing**](http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/20blast.htm?ref=opendemocracy.net): 8 people were killed when bombs ripped through a passenger train in the state West Bengal. Both the [Kamtapur Liberation Organisation](http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist%5Foutfits/Klo.htm?ref=opendemocracy.net) and Ulfa were thought to be involved in the attack.

11 July, 2006

[**Mumbai train blasts**](http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/11/mumbai.blasts/?ref=opendemocracy.net): 174 people killed in separate, coordinated blasts that ripped through packed Mumbai commuter trains.

7 March, 2006

[**Varanasi train station bombing**](http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/07up.htm?ref=opendemocracy.net): Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi kill 20 people.

28 July, 2005

[**Jaunpur train blast**](http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/07/28/story213863.asp?ref=opendemocracy.net): At least 10 were killed when bombs ripped tore through a passenger train in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

14 March, 2003

[**Mumbai train blast**](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south%5Fasia/2848123.stm?ref=opendemocracy.net): 11 people killed in attack on Mumbai commuter rail system.

26 February, 2002

[**Godhra attacks**](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south%5Fasia/1843591.stm?ref=opendemocracy.net): 57 Hindu pilgrims returning by train from the holy city of Ayodhya were killed in a supposed attack by a Muslim mob. In revenge, Hindu militants slaughtered thousands of Muslims in the western state of Gujarat. A later government report proved that the fire that caused the train deaths were not caused by a mob.

7 June, 1998

[**Sindh train bombing**](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/s/w%5Fasia/108220.stm?ref=opendemocracy.net): 22 people killed in a train bombing in southern Pakistan, which Islamabad blamed on New Delhi.

30 December, 1996

[**Brahmaputra Mail bombing**](http://www.pathfinder.com/Asiaweek/97/1226/newsmap/india.html?ref=opendemocracy.net): Over a hundred people died in a bombing on the crowded Brahmaputra Mail service between Assam and New Delhi. Authorities blamed the attacks on [Bodo militants](http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/12/07/stories/2003120703101000.htm?ref=opendemocracy.net).

25 February, 1995

[**Assam train attack**](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3D7123DF934A15751C0A963958260&ref=opendemocracy.net): Ulfa is blamed for an attack on a train in Assam carrying Indian security forces that left 27 soldiers dead.