Remembering 26/11 Mumbai assault: When fear grasped the personalities and hearts of the city
Fourteen years have passed since ten men raged into the monetary capital of the nation and struck fear into the personalities and hearts of individuals of Mumbai. In pic is the Taj lodging which was the focal point of the 26/11 assaults
The Taj Mahal Palace hotel is one of the major attractions of Mumbai. People gather outside the hotel on the eve of the 14th anniversary of 26/11 terror attacks, on Friday.
Armed militants had attacked a dozen locations in Mumbai — a hospital, railway station, a restaurant, a Jewish center and two luxury hotels, including the Taj Mahal Palace.
Starting November 26, for more than 60 hours, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was beseiged by four heavily armed militants
While two of the four militants reached the main entrance of the Tower section, having planted a crude RDX bomb in front of the police post nearby, the other two entered through the La-Pat door of the Palace and started shooting indiscriminately at the guests
The violence claimed lives of 166 people, including foreigners. Nine of the gunmen were killed in the counter-operation, while one survived. In pic, bullet marks are shown on the glass at Leopold Cafe in Colaba. 11 people were killed here and 28 injured
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus after the carnage of 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
This photo, shot exactly a month after the 26/11 attacks, shows a wall at Nariman House ridden with bullet marks. This attack was distinctive in nature as it was on the Chabad House (a Jewish community centre) run by Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka Holtzberg. The House, located in Colaba, was frequented by large number of Jews, particularly Israeli but also from those visiting the country from across the world
