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Our motherland is in grave danger. If one goes through the list of terrorist attacks in India , we would helplessly find that our buses, trains, railway stations, markets have all been targeted by the Islamic Jihadis. Worser still they haven't spared even small children and mothers who have gone to temples to pray for their loved ones. Lets not forget the lives lost and the blood spilled in India by our enemies

Major terrorist attacks in India during the rules of various governments at the centre

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Lal Bahadur Shastri 1964-1966

Assasination of Indira Gandhi

1984, October 31 New Delhi: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. The killing was in retaliation for the Indian army’s entry into theGolden Temple at Amritsar to flush out Sikh extremists who were using the temple as a base for their operations.

Rajiv Gandhi 1984-1989

Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

1991, May 21: Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi assassinated in a bomb blast believed to be the work of Sri Lankan Tamil terrorists belonging to the LTTE. This is also the first time that the suicide vest is used by any terrorist group

PV Narasimha Rao 1991-1996

AB Vajpayee 1998-2004

Manmohan Singh 2004-present

In another attack in Bijapur in the same Bastar district a non-commissioned officer of the Indian Air Force was killed, while a Squadron Leader was injured when suspected naxalites fired at their helicopter, airlifting electronic voting machines and polling staff, as soon as it took off from Bijapur in South Bastar.Sergeant Mustafa Ali received a bullet in the head and died on-the-spot while the pilot, Squadron Leader T.K. Chaudhury, also received bullet injuries from light machine gun firing. A volley of bullets also hit the wings, while some hit the passengers inside. The crew then flew to Jagdalpur, district headquarters of Bastar where the casualties count then came to light.

Earlier in the day, a Central Reserve Police Force personnel was killed after being hit by a sniper bullet at Antagarh in Kanker district. Elsewhere in Chattisgarh there were 25 encounters between security service officials and naxalites, all of which were repulsed. Six polling booths were attacked but the security forces beat back the attackers. As many as 21 EVMs were also looted.

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