The attack on India's parliament

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In December 2001 armed men attacked India's Parliamentary compound in broad daylight. Islamist extremists were blamed and the attack brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Indian politician Renuka Chowdhury was just arriving at the Parliament building when the shooting started. She has been telling her story to Prabhat Pandey.

Photo: Security forces outside the Parliament building during the attack in Delhi. (Credit: Bandeep Singh/The India Today Group /Getty Images)

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0:35.4	Sounds.
0:36.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:40.9	My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned
0:43.0	podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:45.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,
0:49.0	featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:54.4	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
1:00.9	poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories, Cricket, and Conspiracy Theories.
1:04.3	And that's just a few examples.
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1:09.4	find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. You are listening to the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service with me,
1:23.0	Prahad Pandey.
1:24.0	Today I am taking you back to the 13th of December 2001
1:29.0	when the Indian Parliament was attacked by five gunmen.
1:34.7	It was only a couple of months after the 9-11 attacks against the USA that militants
1:39.3	targeted the Parliament of the world's largest democracy.
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