In the year 2008, the world braces itself for India's "9/11"  

May 13: Eight serial blasts tear through the northern Indian tourist city of Jaipur, killing 65 and injuring 150. A group calling itself the 'Indian Mujahideen' claims responsibility.

July 26: Eight bombs go off in the high-tech southern Indian city of Bangalore, leaving one dead and seven wounded. Indian Mujahideen claims to have struck again.

July 26: A string of 16 or more bombs hit the communally-tense western city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, killing 49 and injuring over 160. Indian Mujahideen sent a claim of responsibility before the blasts.

Sept 13: A series of bomb blasts rock New Delhi, killing 22 and injuring almost a hundred in busy, upmarket shopping areas of the Indian capital. Indian Mujahideen again claims responsibility.

Sept 30: An explosion kills seven and injures 82 at a market in Malegaon, the capital of the state of Maharashtra, 280 kilometres (174 miles) to the north of Mumbai.

Oct 22: 17 people are killed and 30 injured in a powerful bomb blast near a police barracks in the northeast Indian city of Imphal, on the border with Myanmar.

Oct 30: 12 serial attacks in the north eastern Assam state leave 76 dead. The attacks are claimed by an unknown Indian Islamist group the "Islamic Security Force-Indian Mujahedeen".

Nov 26: Islamist gunmen launch coordinated attacks against luxury hotels and other targets in Mumbai, killing at least 100 people.