1993 Bowbazar bombing

Bomb explosion in Kolkata, India July 2020 January 2023 January 2023 The Bowbazar bomb blast was an explosion which occurred in the central business district of Bowbazar, Calcutta, India on the night of 16 March 1993. In total, it claimed the lives of 45 people.45 feared dead in Calcutta bomb attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/45-feared-dead-in-calcutta-bomb-attack-1498161.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/45-feared-dead-in-calcutta-bomb-attack-1498161.html 2022-05-01 subscription live 9 June 2020 The Independent 17 March 1993 enGargan Edward A. Blast in Calcutta Kills at Least 45 https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/17/world/blast-in-calcutta-kills-at-least-45.html 9 June 2020 The New York Times 17 March 1993 Explosion In 1993, Mohammed Rashid Khan ran gambling establishments in the Bowbazar area and had a workshop above his office where he made small bombs. He began stockpiling explosives. Preparations were made secretly until, on the night of 16 March, the entire stockpile blew up accidentally. If the blast had occurred in the daytime, the death toll would have been much higher.Vadukut Sidin Déjà View Relative magnitudes https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/bYyQQhSZZAAQKGh9wXxeVO/Dj-View--Relative-magnitudes.html Livemint 31 July 2015 en Trial and punishment Khan and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2001 by the Calcutta High Court under the Terrorist And Disruptive (Prevention) Act (TADA).Konar Debasish State plans to release Bowbazar blast convict Kolkata News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/State-plans-to-release-Bowbazar-blast-convict/articleshow/47713419.cms The Times of India 18 June 2015 9 June 2020 en See also 1993 Bombay Bombings 2002 attack on American cultural centre in Kolkata References Category:Crime in Kolkata Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1993 Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:1990s in Kolkata