India's 26/11: From Communal Violence to Communal Terrorism to Terrorism

K. Jaishankar

Abstract:

"They came, they saw," and they attacked the sovereignty of India. The whole of India wreathed in pain, when a terrorist group targeted, Mumbai, the financial capital of India. "It began at about 9 p.m. on November 26 and ended after a long and intense battle, at about 8.30 a.m. on November 29. In those 60 hours, in certainly the worst terrorist attack on India, a group of gunmen brought Mumbai to its knees. The bloody drama, which involved attacks in as many as 11 places in the city, left 183 people, including 22 foreigners, dead. It took a force of 477 National Security Guard (NSG) personnel, a unit of the marine commandos, six columns of the Army, and 400 members of the Mumbai Police to kill or conquer an estimated 10 men. Unconfirmed reports put the number of terrorists involved at 25" (Katakam, 2008, p.6).

Keyword:

sovereignty of India ,terrorist group ,Mumbai Police ,National Security Guard