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The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 12[3][4][5] terrorist bombings that took place in Bombay, Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993.[6] The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries.[1][2][7][8][9] The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim,[10] leader of the Mumbai-based international organised crime syndicate D-Company.[11] Ibrahim was believed to have ordered and helped organize the bombings through his subordinates Tiger Memon and Yakub Memon. For several years, confusion existed about the number of blasts, whether they were 12 or 13 in number. This was because Sharad Pawar, the then chief minister of Maharashtra, stated on television that day that there had been 13 blasts, and included a Muslim-dominated locality in the list. He later revealed that he had lied on purpose and that there had been only 12 blasts, none of them in Muslim-dominated areas; he also confessed that he had attempted to mislead the public into believing that the blasts could be the wo

1993 Bombay bombings - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Terrorist attack in Mumbai in 1993 {{cite journal | author = Chris Quillen | title = Mass Casualty Bombings Chronology | journal = StudiesStudiesgk in Conflict and Terrorism | volume = 25 | issue = 5 | pages = 293–302 | date = 19 February 2004 | doi = \n10.1080/10576100290101205| s2cid = 108769875 }}</ref>"},"injuries":{"wt":"1,400<ref name=\"bbc.com\">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33713846|title=How the 1993 blasts changed Mumbai forever|work=BBC News|date=30 July 2015}}</ref>"},

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