List of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir

Separatist militant insurgency in Kashmir since 1989 has caused several terrorist attacks and incidents within the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. +Security personnel deaths6413Civilian deaths14930Militant deaths23386Total44729Data from Ministry of Home Affairs

List +YearDateIncidentPerpetratorsDeathsRefState governmentCentral government198914 SeptemberAssassination of BJP leader and Lawyer Tika Lal Taploo.Anti-Pandit militants1Farooq Abdullah (JKNC)Rajiv Gandhi (INC)4 NovemberAssassination of retired Judge Nilkanth Ganjoo.JKLF1199013 FebruaryAssassination of Lassa Kaul (Director of Doordarshan)Anti-Pandit militants1V. P. Singh (Janata Dal)6 AprilAssassination of CEO of Hindustan Machine Tools H. L. Khera.JKLF2Assassination of Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir, Mushir-u-Haq.1 MayAssassination of Sarwanand Koul Premi and his son.Anti-Pandit militants221 MayAssassination of Imam Mohammad Farooq Shah.Hizbul Mujahideen11990–1991Exodus of Kashmiri HindusAnti-Hindu and Anti India militants217-228Dissolved (Jagmohan Malhotra)Chandra Shekhar (SJPR)

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(INC)199429 MarchAssassination of Lt Gen E. W. Fernandes and other Indian Army officers.Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen15199418 MarchAssassination of Minister for Home and Speaker of J&k Assembly Wali Mohammad Itoo.1Dissolved (Gen K. V. Krishna Rao)P. V. Narasimha Rao (INC)199526 JanuaryAssassination attempt on Governor Lt Gen K. V. Krishna Rao.Hizbul Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Taiba820 JulyBomb Explosion in Jammu20199826 JanuaryWandhama massacre23Farooq Abdullah (JKNC)Inder Kumar Gujral (INC)17 AprilPrankote massacre29Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJP)21 AprilThub Village massacre1319 JuneChapnari massacre253 AugustChamba massacre3519997 SeptemberAssassination of BJP Candidate Haider Noorani13 NovemberSuicide attack at Badami Bagh cantonment1024 DecemberSuicide bomber attack on JnK Special Operations group police officersLashkar-e-Taiba1220007 JanuaryAttack on the Meteorological Center, Srinagar.420 MarchChittisinghpura massacreLashkar-e-Taiba3515 MayAssassination of Minister for Power, Gulam Hasan BhatHizbul Mujahideen5August2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre623 NovemberAssassination of Aga Syed Mehdi in a landmine explosion625 DecemberAttack on Army HQ Badami Bagh, Srinagar920019 FebruarySuicide bomber attack on JnK police control roomAl-Umar-Mujahideen1210 February2001 Kot Charwal massacreLashkar-e-Taiba152 MarchAmbush on police personnel in Rajouri178 JuneGrenade explosion in Charar-e-Sharief shrine.420 JulyAmarnath Massacre8"Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage", First Post, 11 July 2017.21 JulyDoda Massacre162-3 August2001 Kishtwar massacreLashkar-e-Taiba157 AugustJammu Railway Station shootout1329 AugustAnantnag bus attack91 OctoberJammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly car bombingJaish-e-Mohammed36200220 JanuaryPoonch massacreLashkar-e-Taiba1130 MarchFirst Raghunath temple attacks1114 May2002 Kaluchak massacre31Lashkar was ‘involved’ in Kaluchak attack, The Tribune, 18 May 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-15. Archived 2009-05-14.21 MarchAssassination of Abdul Ghani Lone113 July2002 Qasim Nagar massacre256 August2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre1111 SeptemberAssassination of Mushtaq Lone, State Law Minister3Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (JKPDP)11 NovemberIED blast on the Jammu Srinagar national highway822 NovemberIED blast in SrinagarLashkar-e-Taiba623 NovemberIED blast at Lower Munda on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.1924 NovemberSecoind Raghunath temple attacksLashkar-e-Taiba145 DecemberAssassination of Ghulam Mohiuddin Lone, brother of Mushtaq Lone.120 DecemberAssassination of Abdul Aziz Mir1200328 JanuaryAssassination of Farooq Ahmed Kuchchay, NC politicianHizbul Mujahideen214 MarchSuicide attack on Muharram procession in Poonch416 MarchAttack on remote police post1123 MarchNadimarg massacreLashkar-e-Taiba2422 AprilLandmine blast in Udhampur619 MayMassacre in form of beheading in RajouriJaish-e-Mohammed626 MayAmbush at the house of a Village Defence Committee member528 JuneSuicide attack at Sunjwan military base1222 JulySuicide attack at the Akhnoor army base, killing one Brigadier813 SeptemberAmbush on the car of political leader Mohammad Yusuf Parray320042 JanuarySuicide attack at the Jammu Railway Station43 MarchSuicide attack at the Court complex in Jammu79 MarchSuicide attack at the PIB of the GOI2Suicide attack on Directorate of Information of the Govt of JnK8 AprilAttack at a PDP political rally in Uri1123 MayIED explosion at the Jammu-Srinagar Highway30Manmohan Singh (INC)26 JuneTerrorist attack in Surankote122 JulyAttack on the convoy of MP, Choudhury Lal Singh619 JulyAssassination attempt on Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma628 JulyOvernight gunfight at the paramilitary base on the banks of Dal lake54 AugustAmbush at CRPF camp95 DecemberIED explosion in Pulwama1020057 JanuarySuicide attack on Income tax office, Srinagar3-524 FebruarySuicide attack at Divisional Commissioners office612 MayGrenade attack in a school in Srinagar213 JuneExplosives-laden car detonates in Pulwama1324 JuneBus boarded by security personnel attacked by bomb in Srinagar919 JulyAttack at a village in UdhampurLashkar-e-Taiba620 JulySuicide attack on Army vehicle in Srinagar59 September3 Families attacked in Udhampur610 SeptemberAttack on an Army convoy on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway510 OctoberFour families attacked in RajouriHizbul Mujahideen1018 OctoberAssassination of Dr. Ghulam Nabi Lone, Minister for EducationIslamic Front42 NovemberSuicide attack near the residence of outgoing CM Mufti Md Sayeed1014 NovemberSuicide attack at a business hub in SrinagarIslamic Front4Ghulam Nabi Azad (INC)15 NovemberAssassination attempt on PDP leader Ghulam Hassan Mir3-616 NovemberAssassination attempt on Minister Usman Majeed4200623 JanuaryGunfight with special operations group49 AprilTerrorists kill a family of 3 in Udhampur314 AprilSerial grenade blasts in Srinagar51 MayDoda massacre Lashkar-e-Taiba5721 MayAttack on the Rally of CM Ghulam Nabi Azad6-725 MayGrenade attack in Srinagar812 JuneAttack on Laborers in Anantnag98 JulyAssassination of Ghulam Nabi Dar, NC leader in Kulgam511 JulyGrenade attack in SrinagarLashkar-e-Taiba810 NovemberGrenade attack in Pulwama620078 FebruaryAmbush on Security Patrol in Pulwama530 MarchAttack on laborers in Rajouri529 JulyAttack on a civilian bus near Shalimar Garden617 AugustIED blast near Security forces in Awantipora511 OctoberIED blast in BaramullahHizbul Mujahideen7200813 JuneAmbush on Army personnelLashkar-e-Taiba54 JulyAmbush on Army personnel in Kupwara519 JulyIED blast in an Army bus in SrinagarHizbul Mujahideen10Dissolved (Narinder Nath Vohra)24 JulyGrenade attack in Srinagar5Attack on the house of a surrendered militantHizbul Mujahideen427 AugustSuicide attack in Kenachak11200921 AprilIED blast in Poonch5Omar Abdullah (JKNC)12 SeptemberIED blast in Central Jail in Srinagar330 DecemberShootout on CRPF vehiclesHizbul Mujahideen4201016 MarchAttack on civilians in Srinagar6201324 JuneAmbush on Army personnel in SrinagarHizbul Mujahideen826 SeptemberTwin suicide attacks in Kathua13201428 MarchTruck Hijacking in KathuaLashkar-e-Taiba67 AprilLandmine explosion in Baranda Mor313 AugustAttack in Pulwama before new Prime Minister's visit3Narendra Modi (BJP)27 NovemberSuicide attack in ArniaLashkar-e-Taiba105 DecemberSuicide attack on Army personnel in Uri17201520 MarchSuicide attack in a Kathua police station6Dissolved (Narinder Nath Vohra)6 AprilA militant attack in Shopian District3Mehbooba Mufti (JKPDP)20162 January2016 Pathankot Airbase attackJaish-e-Mohammed1217 AugustAmbush on Military convoy in Baramullah318 September2016 Uri attackJaish-e-Mohammed2429 NovemberSuicide attack on Military personnel in Nagrota7201723 FebruaryAttack on a Patrol party in Shopian41 MayAmbush on a Bank Van in Kulgam716 JuneAmbush on Military convoy in AnantnagLashkar-e-Taiba610 July2017 Amarnath Yatra massacre826 AugustSuicide attack on Security forces in Pulwama821 SeptemberAssassination attempt on PDP leader Naeem AkhtarHizbul Mujahideen320186 JanuaryIED blast in Sopore410 FebruarySuicide attack on Sunjuwan Military StationPeople's Anti-Fascist Front929 AugustMilitant attack at Arhama in Shopian District4Dissolved (Satya Pal Malik)21 OctoberAttack at Laroo village in Kulgam15201914 February2019 Pulwama attackJaish-e-Mohammed4112 JuneAmbush on Security forces in a school in AnantnagAl-Umar-Mujahideen529 OctoberAttack on Bengali laboureres520204 MayAttack on CRPF patrol48 JulyAssassination of BJP leader Wasim Ahmad Bari3G. C. Murmu29 OctoberAttack on BJP workersThe Resistance Front3Manoj Sinha202112 DecemberAmbush on police vehicle in SrinagarJaish-e-Mohammed3202211 AugustFoiled suicide attack in RajouriPeople's Anti-Fascist Front520231 JanuaryAttack on civilians in Rajouri420 AprilAmbush on army vehicle in PoonchPeople's Anti-Fascist Front55 MayIED blast in RajouriPeople's Anti-Fascist Front521 DecemberAmbush on Army vehicle520249 June2024 Reasi attackThe Resistance Front99 JulyAttack on Army convoy in Kathua54 NovemberGrenade attack on Lal Chowk, SrinagarLashkar-e-Taiba0 (12 injured)202522 April2025 Pahalgam attackLashkar-e-Taiba28202631 JulyAttack on labourers in Kulgam2

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