The document summarizes major terrorist attacks that have occurred in India from 1993 to 2008. It lists the attacks, their locations, and death tolls. It also identifies terror-prone states and both external and internal threats facing India from terrorist organizations. The document recommends counterterrorism strategies for India such as establishing a federal agency and strengthening existing security agencies.

1. TERROR TARGET IN D IA COMPILED BY DIPTAKSHYA BANERJEE SEC- B , ROLL NO:- 76 MBA- (2008-10)

2. The SELF-PROCLAIMED MARTYRS OF “ TERRORISM ”

4. MAJOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES March 12, 1993 - Bombay bombings, 257 deaths. December 13, 2001 - Attack on the parliament complex in New Delhi ,7deaths. September 24, 2002 - Terrorists attack the Akshardham temple in Gujarat, killing 31. July 5, 2005 - Shri Ram Janmabhoomi attack in Ayodhya October 29, 2005 - Three powerful serial blasts in New Delhi. About 70 people died in this incident. July 11, 2006 - At least 200 people killed in a series of 7 train bombing during the evening rush hour near Mumbai. August 25, 2007 - at least 42 people were killed in two blasts in Hyderabad's Lumbini park and a restaurant. May 13, 2008 - at least 63 were killed in 9 bomb blasts along 6 areas in Jaipur. July 26, 2008 - at least 29 were killed and over 110 injured in 17 serial bomb blasts in Ahmadabad.

5. TERROR-PRONE STATES IN INDIA Northern and Northwestern India Jammu and Kashmir Punjab Bihar Uttar Pradesh North-eastern India Nagaland Assam Manipur Mizoram South India Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu

6. BOTH THESE THREATS IS BRINGING DEVASTATION FOR OUR COUNTRY EXTERNAL THREATS INTERNAL THREATS Al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Muhammad Harakat -ul-Mujahedeen Harakat ul-Jihad-I-Islami (HUJI) PAKISTAN ARMY CHINESE ARMY The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) The Communist Party of India (CPI-MAOISTS) People's War Group (PWG) People's Liberation Army Mizo National Front National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)

7. “ RING OF FIRE ”

8. THE OUTCOME

10. COUNTER STRATEGY Establishing a FEDERAL AGENCY. Providing special powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Strengthening the Existing multi-agencies centres like: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Intelligence Bureau (IB) – HOME MINISTRY

11. MY ANALYSIS: INDIA WAS NEVER BEEN THE PRIME TARGET OF TERRORISM.IT WAS ALWAYS A SECONDARY ONE. THE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES SHOWS SUCH TRENDS THAT AS INDIA IS THE LARGEST DEMOCRACY & ONE OF THE MOST EMERGING ECONOMIES OF THIS CENTURY , SO THERE AROUSED SOME CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH THE MID-EAST BASED TERROR GROUPS.THE TERROR GROUPS MAKE CERTAIN ATTACKS JUST TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE FELT (BOTH INTERNAL & EXTERNAL).OR ELSE OUR COUNTRY COULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED LONG BACK