Parliament attack: From 5 terrorists storming in to Afzal Guru hanging, all that happened in 16 years
Afzal Guru, convicted in the Parliament attack case, was hanged in February 2013.
Sixteen years ago, Parliament, the symbol of Indian democracy, was attacked this day by five heavily-armed terrorists who killed nine people and injured 16 others.
Twelve years after the Parliament attack, Afzal Guru, one of the convicts, was hanged.
On the 16th anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other parliamentarians paid tributes to martyrs.
ALL THAT HAPPENED FROM 2011 PARLIAMENT ATTACK TO AFZAL GURU HANGING:
December 13, 2001: Five terrorists enter Parliament complex and open indiscriminate fire, killing nine people, including security personnel, and injuring 16 others.
December 15, 2001: Delhi Police picks up Afzal Guru from Jammu and Kashmir. S A R Geelani of Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College picked up for questioning and later arrested. Two others--Afsan Guru and her husband Shaukat Hussain Guru--were picked up later.
December 29, 2001: Afzal Guru sent to 10-day police remand.
June 4, 2002: Charges framed against four people--Afzal Guru, Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru and Afsan Guru.
December 18, 2002: Death sentence given to S A R Geelani, Shaukat Hussain Guru and Afzal Guru, while Afsan Guru let off.
August 30, 2003: Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) leader Ghazi Baba, prime accused in the attack, is killed in an encounter with the Border Security Force (BSF) in Srinagar. Three more militants along with him are also killed in the 10-hour encounter.
October 29, 2003: Geelani acquitted in the case.
August 4, 2005: The Supreme Court, while confirming the death sentence of Afzal Guru, commutes Shaukat Hussain Guru's death sentence to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment.
September 26, 2006: Delhi court orders Afzal to be hanged.
October 3, 2006: Afzal Guru's wife Tabasum Guru files a mercy petition with then President A P J Abdul Kalam.
January 12, 2007: Supreme Court dismisses Afzal Guru's plea seeking review of his death sentence, saying "there is no merit" in it.
May 19, 2010: Delhi government rejects Afzal Guru's mercy petition; endorses capital punishment awarded to him by Supreme Court.
December 30, 2010: Shaukat Hussain Guru released from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
December 10, 2012: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde says he would examine Afzal Guru's file after Parliament's Winter session concludes on December 22.
February 3, 2013: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Afzal Guru's mercy petition.
February 9, 2013: Afzal Guru hanged in Tihar Jail.
WATCH: Afzal Guru's interview after 2001 Parliament attack