• Several luxury hotels were targeted in the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks on the evening of November 26, 2008. Terrorists attacked the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and the Oberoi Hotel as well as several other locations in Mumbai, India. The attackers reportedly asked for British and American guests at the Oberoi. They are believed to be holding at least forty hostages inside the Oberoi, and an unidentified number of hostages inside the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.The Times of India: Terror attacks in Mumbai: 80 dead, over 250 injured Twitter: BNO News: Gunmen have opened fire inside the Marriott Hotel outside Mumbai... Some reports have indicated that the Marriott, the Ramada and the Trident hotels may also have been targets.

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  1. Terrorists inside Oberoi Hotel reported to have thrown bombs from windowsIBN Live: Video Streaming
  2. Explosion at the roof of Taj Hotel NDTV Live: NDTV Live Video
  3. Reports said a gun battle took place at the Oberoi HotelIBN Live: Video Streaming
  4. Mayor of Madrid, Spain, reportedly inside the Oberoi during the attack; she was't injured Twitter: BNO News: The mayor of Madrid was inside the Oberoi Hotel...
  5. Huge explosions reported at hotels
  6. AK-47 shootings reported near hotels
  7. Indian Mujahideen have claimed responsibility for the attacksGuardian.co.uk: Indian security forces...question of who carried out Mumbai attacks

• Mumbai Facts

  1. Country: India
  2. Languages Spoken: Marathi, Hindi, English
  3. Currency: Indian Rupee (INR)
  4. Country code: +91
  5. Area code: +022
  6. Time zone: IST (UTC+5:30)
  7. Airport code: BOMWorld Airport Codes.com: Chhatrapati Shivaji International
  8. Population: 13,662,885 (January 2008)World Gazetteer: World: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population
  9. Climate: Humid; 3 seasons: summer (March to May), monsoon (June to September), and dry (November to February)Mumbai Commercial Capital of India: Climate
  10. Capital of MaharashtraOfficial Site: Mumbai Commercial Capital of India
  11. Commercial capital of IndiaOfficial Site: Mumbai Commercial Capital of India
  12. Home of India's film industry, BollywoodMumbai Commercial Capital of India: Bollywood
  13. Began as a group of seven islands captured by the Portuguese in 1534Mumbai Commercial Capital of India: Mumbai History
  14. Changed name from Bombay to Mumbai in 1995 after the fisher folk goddess MumbadeviMumbai Commercial Capital of India: Mumbai History WCities: Mumbai - Historical Background

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