Timeline: Bomb attacks in India since 2003

Timeline: Major bomb attacks in India since 2003

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Here's a list of major bomb attacks that have hit India since 2003:

March 13, 2003: A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11 people.

August 25, 2003: Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 people in Mumbai.

August 15, 2004: Bomb kills 16 people and leaves dozens injured, mostly schoolchildren, in Assam.

October 29, 2005: Sixty-six people killed after three blasts rip through markets in New Delhi.

March 7, 2006: At least 15 people killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi.

July 11, 2006: More than 180 people killed in seven bomb explosions at railway stations and on trains in Mumbai, blamed on Islamist militants.

September 8, 2006: At least 32 people killed in a series of explosions, including one near a mosque, in Malegaon town, 260 km northeast of Mumbai.

February 19, 2007: Two bombs go off aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan triggering fires that claims at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis.

May 18, 2007: A bomb explodes during Friday prayers at a historic mosque in Hyderabad, killing 11 worshippers.
Police later shoot dead five people in clashes with hundreds of enraged residents protesting against the attack.

August 25, 2007: Three explosions within minutes of each other kill at least 40 people at an amusement park and a street-side food stall in Hyderabad.

May 13, 2008: Seven bombs rip through the crowded streets of Jaipur, killing at least 63 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.

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