The All–India Christian Council claims there have been over 300 attacks targeting Christians and their institutions in different parts of the country in the last two years. Given below is a list of attacks since the dawn of the new millennium.
- January 1: Father Vikas attacked at St. Mary’s School, Panipat, Haryana.
- February 18: Attack on a hospital and desecration of Mother Mary’s statue, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.
- March 7: Copies of Bible snatched, devotees slapped during a prayer meeting, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
- March 9: Ish Mata Catholic Church looted, a portion of the rear wall destroyed, Samalkha, Haryana.
- March 12: A computer centre run by the Christians looted; inmates locked, Ghaziabad, UP.
- March 31: Two priests attached to the Archbishop’s House taken to police station on fake charges and detained, Agra, UP.
- April 6: St. Dominic’s School attacked and the principal abused for refusing admission to a few children, Mathura, UP.
- April 10: Sacred Heart School attacked by parents for not promoting students who had failed in the examinations, Mathura, UP.
- April 11: Murderous attack on the principal and nuns of St. Teresa School, Koshi Kalan, UP.
- April 21: Christian group from Hyderabad attacked, literature they were carrying set on fire by Bajrang Dal activists, Haryana.
- April 25: Two nuns hit by a scooterist, Rewari, Haryana.
- May 2: Masked men assault nuns at a convent, Jhansi, UP.
- May 3: Christian group beaten up The Dangs, Gujarat.
- May 3: Break-in at a church, Sagarpur, Delhi.
- May 4: Mob attack on a catholic School, Patna, Bihar.
- May 6: Bajrang Dal men beat up Christians, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
- May 6: 13 Christians arrested for holding prayer meetings and street plays without prior permission, The Dangs, Gujarat.
- May 9: The VHP, Bajrang Dal men barge into a girls’ hostel and assault those watching a film on Jesus Christ, Nasik, Maharashtra.
- May 11: A Jesuit stabbed, Basavanpura village near Bangalore, Karnataka.
- May 13: 3 churches attacked in Indore
- May 16: A priest attacked, Bhind, MP.
- May 21: 30 people injured in a bomb blast at a prayer meeting, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- May 21: Prayer homes torched, Kandhmal district, Orissa.
- May 29: IED’s found in churches, Medak, Vikarabad, AP.
- June 7: A priest murdered at Paulus Memorial School, Mathura,UP.
- June 8: Bomb explosion in churches, Karnataka, AP and Goa.
- June 11: A priest is killed, Jalandhar, Punjab.
- June 14: Priest beaten, paraded, in a village in Jagdalpur, MP.
- June 18: Eyewitness of priest’s murder dies in police custody, Mathura, UP.
- June 24: Graves dug up near church, AP.
- June 27: Miscreants ransack a church, Pusad,
- July 5: Missionary school guard beaten up, Jhansi, UP.
- July 5: Bajrang Dal force closure of Christian school, Ahmedabad.
Archived from Communalism Combat, July 2000, Year 7 No. 60, Cover Story