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Remembering major terror attacks on Anti Terrorism Day

New Delhi: The death anniversary of ex-prime minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gandhi is also observed as Anti Terrorism Day all over the country on 21 May.  Terrorism, the most heinous crime by the mankind

PTI Published : May 20, 2013 16:34 IST, Updated : May 21, 2013 6:56 IST



June 22, 1985: Air India Flight 182 is blown up by a bomb put on board the flight from Canada to India by Sikh terrorists. All 329 people on board, most of them Canadian citizens, are killed. At the time, the deadliest terrorist attack ever, and still the deadliest act of terrorism in Canadian history. A second Air India flight from Canada was targeted on the same day, but the bomb exploded at Narita Airport, in the luggage outside the aircraft, killing two baggage handlers, bringing the total death toll of the act to 331.

 

 

 




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