26/11: Remembering The Heroes Who Died In The Mumbai Terror Attacks

Yash Bajaj, Times Now Digital

Nov 26, 2023

26/11: Mumbai's Day Of Horror

On November 26, 2008, 10 members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out a series of attacks across Mumbai

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166 People Dead

The attack killed 166 people, including 18 security personnel

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Hemant Karkare

The chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad was posthumously given the Ashoka Chakra

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Ashok Kamte

The ACP for Mumbai Police's Eastern region was killed in a shootout near the Cama and Albless Hospital

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Vijay Salaskar

Salaskar was killed alongside Karkare and Kamte in the shootout near the Cama and Albless Hospital

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Sandeep Unnikrishnan

The NSG Major led a team of operators into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel to rescue hostages

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Tukaram Omble

The Assistant Sub-Inspector was the one who stood in front of Ajmal Kasab and held on to the barrel of the terrorist's rifle at Girgaum Chowpatty

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Kang was the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel's general manager in 2008 when the terrorist attack took place

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