Question

What was the impact of the terrorist attack on the Taj hotel in Mumbai?

Answer 1

Hint: A terrorist attack is a deliberate attack on the civilians of a country with the aim of political and religious gains. Symbols of hate towards a government are used in terrorist attacks, the same symbols can be used to increase the groups’ prestige and spread their ideas and beliefs.

Complete answer: The terrorist attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai happened in the year 2008. The same when Mumbai faced a series of terrorist attacks for four continuous days. The attack on the Taj Hotel was a part of these attacks. The attacks caused large scale destruction to life and property in Mumbai.
The impact of this attack on the Taj hotel was:
- 174 people died and more than 300 people were severely wounded.
- The impact was not only felt by the people of Mumbai, but the impact was felt all over India. Panic spread like wildfire.
- In the aftermath of this attack the central government and the state governments, especially that of Mumbai had to face a lot of pressure and issues with centre-state relations.
- It led to the Global war on terror, unrest in Kashmir in the year 2010 and domestic unrest in Pakistan.
- The attacks took place in 9 places along with the Taj Hotel and caused large scale destruction to all these places.

Note: These terrorist attacks were carried out by a terrorist group named Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was an extremist Islamic group of terrorists who were based in Pakistan. The attack on 1st September 2001 in the USA was similar to these attacks.