On 13 December 2001 five Jaish-e-Mohammed gunmen drove into India's Parliament complex in a car with a red beacon and a forged Home Ministry sticker. Challenge…
Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. About 38 people were killed. Legislatures were now targets.
A white Ambassador with a red beacon and a forged MHA sticker drove into the complex looking like an official car.
The Vice-President's motorcade blocked the road. His escort ordered the car to stop; it reversed into his car.
After about 30 minutes all five gunmen were dead at Gates 1, 5 and 9. The building's doors held.
About 500,000 troops moved to the Pakistan border for ten months. Parliament's security was rebuilt from the gate inward.
The Supreme Court upheld Afzal Guru's death sentence in 2005. Two other accused were acquitted.
On the 22nd anniversary two men jumped from the visitors' gallery and released yellow smoke. The CISF took over security in 2024.
The 25th anniversary tribute will be held at the memorial outside the old Parliament building.
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