The 1993 Bombay blasts – in pictures


  • A police officer examines a charred car outside the Air India building in March 13, 1993, the day after a series of bombs exploded in Mumbai, then called Bombay. AFP
    A police officer examines a charred car outside the Air India building in March 13, 1993, the day after a series of bombs exploded in Mumbai, then called Bombay. AFP
  • People survey the damage at the scene of one of the explosions. Getty Images
    People survey the damage at the scene of one of the explosions. Getty Images
  • A double-decker bus passes a crater caused by one of a series of bombs that rocked the western port city of Bombay. AFP
    A double-decker bus passes a crater caused by one of a series of bombs that rocked the western port city of Bombay. AFP
  • Officials inspect bomb damage in the basement of the Air India building in Bombay. AFP
    Officials inspect bomb damage in the basement of the Air India building in Bombay. AFP
  • People cover their faces from the stench of decaying bodies, while attempting to identify relatives at the King Edward Memorial Hospital morgue in Bombay, in 1993. AFP
    People cover their faces from the stench of decaying bodies, while attempting to identify relatives at the King Edward Memorial Hospital morgue in Bombay, in 1993. AFP