12 Years of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: Remembering the darkest days in country's history

In one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in the country's history, 166 people were killed and over 300 injured as 10 heavily-armed terrorists from Pakistan created mayhem in Mumbai on November 26, 2008.

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26 Nov 2020, 5:44 am

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Fire engulfs the top floor of the Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists in Mumbai on late November 26, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

Employees and guests use curtains to escape the Taj Mahal hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists, as fire engulfs the top floor in Mumbai on late November 26, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

An employee of the Taj Mahal hotel is helped by a colleague after jumping out from a higher floor of the hotel, site of one of the shootouts with terrorists, in Mumbai on late November 26, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

Policemen stand outside the burning Taj Mahal hotel-the site of one of the shootouts with terrorists during a gunfight in Mumbai, late November 26, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

People belongings are seen at the shooting site at Chattrapati Shivaji Railway terminus in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

People along with journalists take shield at one of the attack site in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

Firefighters attempt to put out a fire as smoke billows out of the historic Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27, 2008, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. (File Photo | AFP)

Media representatives and bystanders react as a volley of gunshots are fired from within The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

Policemen prepare to take position at the site of an attack in the Colaba area of Mumbai on November 27, 2008. (File Photo | AFP)

In this picture taken on November 28, 2008, An Indian commando rapels from a helicopter during an operation at Nariman House at Colaba Market in Mumbai. (File Photo | AFP)