FACTBOX-Major attacks in India since 2001

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(Reuters) - Bombs ripped through the crowded streets of India's western city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, killing around 60 people in markets and outside Hindu temples.

Following is a chronology of major attacks in India since 2001:

October 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35 people.

December 13, 2001 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, killed in an attack on parliament in New Delhi.

September 24, 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in the western state of Gujarat, killing 31 people and wounding more than 80.

May 14, 2002 - Militants attack an army camp near Kashmir's winter capital, Jammu, killing more than 30, including wives and children of soldiers.

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 in Mumbai.

August 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in north-eastern state of Assam, killing 16 people, mostly schoolchildren, and wounding dozens.  Continued...

 

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