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Launched in 1976, the Samjhauta Express served as the only rail connection between the two countries until the launch of the Thar Express. Given the nature of the transnational service and the ongoing violence in the region, the Samjhauta Express was always heavily guarded, as it was a high-risk target for terrorist attacks.
The Samjhauta Express (transl. Agreement Express) was a twice-weekly train, Thursday and Monday, that ran between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. [1] In Hindi–Urdu language. the word Samjhauta means an "agreement" or an "accord", especially one arising out of a compromise.
Swami Aseemanand (born Naba Kumar Sarkar) is an ex-accused of masterminding the Ajmer Dargah bombing, Mecca Masjid blast, and the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings— [2] [3] [4] before being acquitted of all charges. [5] Aseemanand hailed from West Bengal and was a post-graduate in physics.
Pakistan's acting foreign secretary described the ruling as a "travesty of justice". The ruling comes weeks after a sharp escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan after a suicide car bomb ...
According to Nikita Saxena writing for The Caravan, the term "Hindu terrorism" gained traction in the wake of the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings and 2008 Malegaon blasts. [7] [undue weight? – discuss] A prominent reference to "Hindu terrorism" was made by Indian National Congress (Congress) member Digvijaya Singh in a 2007 campaign. [8] [9 ...
2007 Samjhauta Express bombings: Haryana: 70 50 48 18 May 2007 Mecca Masjid bombing: Hyderabad: 16 100 49 25 August 2007 August 2007 Hyderabad bombings - Two blasts in Hyderabad's Lumbini park and Gokul Chat. 42 54 50 11 October 2007 Ajmer Dargah bombing [24] Rajasthan: 3 17 51 14 October 2007 One blast in a movie theatre in the town of ...
The Caravan conducted interviews of Swami Aseemanand to publish an exclusive profile, [19] in which he named Bhagwat in relation to 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, Ajmer Dargah attack and Mecca Masjid bombing. Later, Aseemanand called the magazine article "fabricated" and threatened to launch legal action against the article's author.
The 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings claimed lives of 68 people. [13] Both the Indian and Pakistani governments condemned the attack, and officials on both sides speculated that the perpetrators intended to disrupt improving relations between the two nations, There have been a number of breaks in the investigation of the bombings.