* May 13, 2008: Eight blasts rock Jaipur in a span of 12 minutes leaving 65 dead and over 150 injured.
* January 2008: Terrorist attack on Central Reserve Police Force camp in Rampur kills eight.
* October 2007: 2 killed in a blast inside Ajmer Sharif shrine during Ramadan, in Rajasthan.
* August 2007: 32 dead, 35 hurt in Hyderabad 'terror' strike.
* May 2007: A bomb at Mecca mosque in Hyderabad kills 11 people.
* February 19, 2007: Two bombs explode aboard a train bound from India to Pakistan, burning to death at least 66 passengers, most of them Pakistanis.
* September 2006: 30 dead and 100 hurt in twin blasts at a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra.
* July 2006: Seven bombs on Mumbai's trains kill over 200 and injure 700 others.
* March 2006: Twin bombings at a train station and a temple in Varanasi kill 20 people.
* October 2005: Three bombs placed in busy New Delhi markets a day before Diwali kill 62 people and injure hundreds.
The above list is but a few of the most recent terrorist attacks to hit various cities in India. As can be seen from the list above, terror has struck at temples, mosques, trains, markets etc. And with Bangalore being added to the list of places where terror has struck, it begs the question, "Why are terrorist attacks so common in India?"
E.R. Ramachandran in an excellent article on Churumuri explores the reasons why India gets hit by terror so often.
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