200826–29 November 2008 · South Mumbai

2008 Mumbai attacks

The domed Gothic façade of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai under a clear sky — Photo: Joe Ravi. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On 26 November 2008 ten gunmen of the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba landed by dinghy in south Mumbai and attacked the main railway terminus, the Leopold Cafe, the Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi hotels and the Jewish centre at Nariman House. Over nearly three days 166 people were killed. The sieges, broadcast live, led India to overhaul coastal security and create a national counter-terrorism agency.

Sites

Site 1: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj TerminusThe Gothic station concourse where the first and deadliest shootings happened.Map ↗
Site 2: Leopold Cafe, ColabaCafé that has kept bullet holes in its walls.Map ↗
Site 3: Taj Mahal Palace hotelThe 1903 hotel, restored after the longest siege of the attacks.Map ↗

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