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2005 Delhi bombings, the Glossary

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The 2005 Delhi bombings occurred on 29 October 2005 in Delhi, India, killing 62 people and injuring at least 210 others in three explosions.^[1]

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007.

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All India Institutes of Medical Sciences

The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Bomb

A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy.

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CNN International

Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.

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Diwali

Diwali (Deepavali, IAST: Dīpāvalī) is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions.

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Ex gratia

Ex gratia (also spelled ex-gratia) is Latin for "by favour", and is most often used in a legal context.

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Global Terrorism Database

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is a database of terrorist incidents from 1970 onward.

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Gole Market

Gole Market is a neighborhood in the heart of New Delhi, India built within a traffic roundabout by Edwin Lutyens in 1921.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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Hoax

A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions to gull its victims into putting up the highest possible social currency in support of the hoax.

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Indian Mujahideen

Indian Mujahideen (IM) is an Islamist terrorist group which has been particularly active in India. 2005 Delhi bombings and Indian Mujahideen are Anti-Hindu violence in India and Islamic terrorism in India.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Islamic terrorism

Islamic terrorism (also known as Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts with religious motivations carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Jumu'atul-Wida

Jumu'atul-Wida (meaning Friday of farewell, also called al-Jumu'ah al-Yateemah or the orphaned Friday Urdu: Al-Widaa Juma) is the last Friday in the month of Ramadan before Eid al-Fitr.

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Khari Baoli

Khari Baoli is a street in Delhi, India known for its wholesale grocery and Asia's largest wholesale spice market selling a variety of spices, nuts, herbs and food products like rice and tea.

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Lashkar-e-Taiba

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT; لشکرِ طیبہ; literally Army of the Good, translated as Army of the Righteous, or Army of the Pure and alternatively spelled as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Lashkar-i-Taiba, Lashkar-i-Tayyeba) is a terrorist group formed in Pakistan, and a militant and Islamist Salafi jihadist organisation. 2005 Delhi bombings and Lashkar-e-Taiba are Anti-Hindu violence in India.

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List of terrorist incidents

The following is a list of terrorist incidents that were not carried out by a state or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

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Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki India Limited is the Indian subsidiary of Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corporation.

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MSNBC

MSNBC (short for Microsoft NBC) is an American news-based television channel and website headquartered in New York City.

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NDTV

New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication.

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Paharganj

Paharganj (literally 'hilly neighbourhood') is a neighbourhood of Central Delhi, located just west of the New Delhi Railway Station.

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Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism refers to the involvement of Pakistan in terrorism through the backing of various designated terrorist organizations.

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Palestinians

Palestinians (al-Filasṭīniyyūn) or Palestinian people (label), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs (label), are an Arab ethnonational group native to Palestine.

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Panipuri

Pani puri is a deep-fried breaded hollow spherical shell, about in diameter, filled with a combination of finely diced potato, onion, peas, and chickpea.

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Quds Day

Quds Day, officially known as International Quds Day (Ruz Jahâni Quds), is an annual pro-Palestinian event held on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to express support for Palestinians and oppose Israel and Zionism.

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Ramadan

Ramadan (Ramaḍān; also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.

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RDX

RDX (abbreviation of "Research Department eXplosive" or Royal Demolition eXplosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH2N2O2)3.

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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.

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Rupee

Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien), and Tibet.

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Sarojini Nagar

Sarojini Nagar is a neighbourhood in South West Delhi district of Delhi, India.

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Scooter (motorcycle)

A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, a seat, a transmission that shifts without the operator having to operate a clutch lever, a platform for their feet, and with a method of operation that emphasizes comfort and fuel economy.

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Sheila Dikshit

Sheila Dikshit (née Kapoor; 31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019) was an Indian politician.

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Sikhs

Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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UTC+05:30

UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30.

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1993 Bombay bombings

The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. 2005 Delhi bombings and 1993 Bombay bombings are Anti-Hindu violence in India, car and truck bombings in India, Islamic terrorism in India and Marketplace attacks in India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Delhi_bombings

Also known as 29 October 2005 Delhi Bombings, 29 October 2005 Delhi blasts, 29 October 2005 New Delhi Bombing, 29 October 2005 New Delhi Bombings, 29/10 Delhi bombings, 29/10 Delhi explosions, 29/10/05 Delhi bombings, 29/10/05 Delhi explosions, Govindpuri blast, New Delhi Bombing, New Delhi bombings, Pahargunj blast, Sarojini Nagar market blast.

2005 Delhi bombings, the Glossary

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See also

2000s in Delhi

2005 building bombings

2005 murders in India

Anti-Hindu violence in India

Building bombings in India

Bus bombings in India

Car and truck bombings in 2005

Car and truck bombings in India

Indian Mujahideen attacks

Islamic terrorist incidents in 2005

Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks

Marketplace attacks in India

Mass murder in 2005

Murder in Delhi

October 2005 crimes

October 2005 events in India

Terrorist incidents in India in 2005

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