1,024 notable events in India — massacres, murders and wars. Page 1 of 11.
- Indira Gandhi
date unknown · Terrorism
- Air India Flight 171
Jun 12, 2025 · Aviation accident
- 2024 Kolkata rape and murder
Aug 9, 2024 · Murder & homicide
- 2008 Mumbai attacks
Nov 26, 2008–Nov 29, 2008 · Terrorism
- Bhopal disaster
Dec 3, 1984 · Crime & justice
- Indian Rebellion of 1857
May 10, 1857–Jun 20, 1858 · War & armed conflict
- Partition of India
Aug 15, 1947 · War & armed conflict
- Indian Airlines Flight 814
Dec 24, 1999–Dec 31, 1999 · Aviation accident
- 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder
Dec 16, 2012 · Crime & justice
- Akku Yadav
Jan 1, 1991–Aug 7, 2004 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2008 Noida double murder case
May 16, 2008 · Murder & homicide
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Apr 13, 1919 · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
May 21, 1991 · Terrorism
- 2025 Pahalgam attack
Apr 22, 2025 · Terrorism
- Rape in India
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Operation Blue Star
Jun 8, 1984 · War & armed conflict
- 2020 Hathras gang rape and murder
Sep 14, 2020 · Crime & justice
- 2002 Gujarat violence
Mar 1, 2002 · Riot & unrest
- Bengal famine of 1943
1943–1944 · Natural disaster
- Assassination of Indira Gandhi
Oct 31, 1984 · Massacre
- D-Company
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
Nov 12, 1996 · Aviation accident
- Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
from May 18, 1967 · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Jan 30, 1948 · Murder & homicide
- Kashmir conflict
from Oct 22, 1947 · War & armed conflict
- Godhra train burning
Feb 27, 2002 · Rail accident
- Great Famine of 1876–1878
1876–1878 · Natural disaster
- 1993 Bombay bombings
Mar 12, 1993 · Bombing & explosion
- Salt March
until Apr 6, 1930 · Riot & unrest
- Direct Action Day
Aug 16, 1946 · Murder & homicide
- 2021 West Bengal post-poll violence
May 2, 2021–Jun 1, 2021 · Attack (other)
- Vachathi case
Jun 20, 1992 · Crime & justice
- Burari deaths
Jul 1, 2018 · Suicide & execution
- 2023–2026 Manipur conflict
from May 3, 2023 · War & armed conflict
- 2019 Pulwama attack
Feb 14, 2019 · Terrorism
- 2001 Indian Parliament attack
Dec 13, 2001 · Terrorism
- 2025 Karur crowd crush
Sep 27, 2025 · Stampede & crowd crush
- 2024 Pune Porsche car crash
May 19, 2024 · Crime & justice
- 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Oct 31, 1984–Nov 3, 1984 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Assassination of Sidhu Moose Wala
May 29, 2022 · Shooting
- Murder of Jessica Lal
Apr 30, 1999 · Murder & homicide
- Black Hole of Calcutta
date unknown · Massacre
- 2006 Noida serial murders
2005–2006 · Murder & homicide
- Roopkund
date unknown · Death & funeral
- Murder of Raja Raghuvanshi
May 23, 2025 · Murder & homicide
- Demolition of the Babri Masjid
Dec 6, 1992 · Riot & unrest
- 2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case
Jun 7, 2013 · Murder & homicide
- Air India Express Flight 812
May 22, 2010 · Aviation accident
- 2025 India–Pakistan crisis
from Apr 23, 2025 · Crisis
- 2017 Unnao rape case
Jun 4, 2017 · Crime & justice
- Poonia murders
Aug 23, 2001 · Murder & homicide
- 2013 North India floods
Jun 2013 · Natural disaster
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
from Jul 13, 1989 · War & armed conflict
- Nandigram violence
Jan 1, 2007–Jan 1, 2008 · War & armed conflict
- Jama Masjid, Delhi
date unknown
- Thug Behram
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Air India Express Flight 1344
Aug 7, 2020 · Aviation accident
- Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh
Nov 26, 2005 · Murder & homicide
- Great Bengal famine of 1770
1767–1773 · Natural disaster
- Koodathayi cyanide killings
Jan 1, 2002 · Murder & homicide
- Murshidabad violence
Apr 13, 2025 · Riot & unrest
- Sainbari murder
Mar 17, 1970 · Murder & homicide
- 2001 Gujarat earthquake
Jan 26, 2001 · Earthquake
- Kampatimar Shankariya
Jan 1, 1977–Jan 1, 1978 · Murder & homicide
- Kilvenmani massacre
Dec 25, 1968 · Massacre
- Air India Flight 855
Jan 1, 1978 · Aviation accident
- Bombay riots
Dec 1992–Jan 1993 · Riot & unrest
- Geeta and Sanjay Chopra kidnapping case
Aug 26, 1978 · Murder & homicide
- 1991 Indian economic crisis
1991 · Crisis
- Insurgency in Northeast India
from 1954 · War & armed conflict
- 2006 Mumbai train bombings
Jul 11, 2006 · Bombing & explosion
- 2016 Uri attack
Sep 18, 2016 · Terrorism
- Murder of Renukaswamy
Jun 8, 2024 · Murder & homicide
- 2023 Odisha train collision
Jun 2, 2023 · Rail accident
- 2020 Delhi riots
from Feb 23, 2020 · Riot & unrest
- Marichjhapi massacre
Jan 24, 1979–May 18, 1979 · Massacre
- Marad massacre
May 2, 2003 · Massacre
- Raman Raghav
Jan 1, 1965–Jan 1, 1968 · Murder & homicide
- Kathua rape and murder case
Jan 10, 2018–Jan 17, 2018 · Crime & justice
- 2026 Baramati Learjet 45 crash
Jan 28, 2026 · Aviation accident
- Malabar rebellion
1921 · War & armed conflict
- Hirakud Dam
date unknown
- Manhunt for Osama bin Laden
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Insurgency in Punjab, India
Jun 1, 1984–Aug 31, 1995 · War & armed conflict
- Indian Mujahideen
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2025 Delhi car explosion
Nov 10, 2025 · Terrorism
- Indian annexation of Goa
from Dec 1961 · War & armed conflict
- Ajmer rape case
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 1992 · Crime & justice
- Tata Nano Singur controversy
2008 · War & armed conflict
- Indian Airlines Flight 605
Feb 14, 1990 · Aviation accident
- Chauri Chaura incident
Feb 5, 1922 · Riot & unrest
- Siege of Cawnpore
Jun 5, 1857–Jun 25, 1857 · War & armed conflict
- 2019 Hyderabad gang rape and murder
Nov 27, 2019 · Murder & homicide
- Naxalbari uprising
Jan 1, 1967 · War & armed conflict
- Pakistan Movement
Mar 23, 1940–Aug 14, 1947 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Nellie massacre
Feb 18, 1983 · Massacre
- 1990 Bantala rape case
May 30, 1990 · Crime & justice
- Kakori conspiracy
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 2023 Tanur boat disaster
May 7, 2023 · Maritime disaster