What the records say
- When
- 12 Mar 1993
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 19.08° N, 72.88° E
- Description
- 1993 Bombay bombings: Several bombs explode in Bombay, India, killing 257 and injuring hundreds more.
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Mumbai.
Summary
1993 Bombay bombings: Several bombs explode in Bombay, India, killing 257 and injuring hundreds more
1993 Bombay bombings
Terrorist attack in Mumbai in 1993
The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings in Bombay, Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The bombings took place in the aftermath of the Bombay riots, which themselves had followed the demolition of the five-century-old Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by a Hindutva mob.
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