During the 21st century , the city suffered several bombings . On 6 December 2002 , a bomb placed under a seat of an empty BEST ( Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport ) bus exploded near Ghatkopar station in Mumbai . Around 2 people were killed and 28 were injured . The bombing occurred on the tenth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya . On 27 January 2003 , a bomb placed on a bicycle exploded near the Vile Parle station in Mumbai . The bomb killed 1 and injured 25 . The blast occurred a day ahead of the visit of Atal Bihari Vajpayee , the then Prime Minister of India to the city . On 13 March 2003 , a bomb exploded in a train compartment , as the train was entering the Mulund station in Mumbai . 10 people were killed and 70 were injured . The blast occurred a day after the tenth anniversary of the 1993 Bombay bombings . On 28 July 2003 , a bomb placed under a seat of a BEST bus exploded in Ghatkopar . The bomb killed 4 people and injured 32 . On 25 August 2003 , two blasts in South Mumbai – one near the Gateway of India and the other at Zaveri Bazaar in Kalbadevi occurred . At least 44 people were killed and 150 injured . No group claimed responsibility for the attack , but it had been hinted that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was behind the attacks
1993 Bombay bombings
1993 Bombay bombings
History of Mumbai