A file picture of Ajmal Kasab
Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged in Pune on Wednesday for his role in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed. From then to now, a timeline:
2008Nov 26: Kasab and nine Pakistani gunmen launch a bloody attack on multiple locations in south Mumbai
Nov 27: At 1.30 a.m., Kasab caught, admitted to Nair hospital
Nov 28: Kasab gives statement to police, confesses role
Nov 28: All places under siege secured after 60 hours, nine terrorists killed
2009Jan 13: M.L. Tahaliyani appointed 26/11 special judge
Jan 16: Arthur Road Central Jail, south Mumbai, selected for Kasab's trial
Feb 5: Kasab's DNA samples match with articles seized from fishing boat Kuber
Feb 20/21: Kasab confesses before Magistrate (Miss) R.V. Sawant-Wagule
Feb 25: Chargesheet against Kasab, two others filed in Esplanade Metropolitan Court
April 15: Trial in 26/11 case commences
April 17: Kasab's confession opened in court, he retracts
April 20: Prosecution charge Kasab on 312 counts
April 29: Kasab is major, say experts after lawyer claimed he was juvenile
May 6: Charges framed, Kasab charged on 86 counts, denies charges
May 8: First eyewitness deposes, identifies Kasab
June 23: Non-bailable warrants issued against 22, including Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi
June 25: Kasab suffering from ulcers, court told
July 20: Kasab pleads guilty before Special Judge Tahaliyani
Dec 16: Prosecution completes case in 26/11
Dec 18: Kasab denies all charges
2010Jan (Date not disclosed): Bodies of nine Pakistani terrorists disposed of at a secret location near Mumbai, according to Home Minister R.R. Patil
Feb 11: Shahid Azmi, lawyer of one of 26/11 accused, shot dead in Kurla
Feb 23: Final argument to begin on March 9
May 6: Kasab sentenced to death by 26/11 court
Oct 18: Kasab's death sentence confirmation/appeal hearing to commence in high court
Oct 19: Kasab wants to attend court in person, spits at camera and says "send me to America"; judges warn him to behave
Oct 25: High Court judges views CCTV footage purportedly showing Kasab and slain terrorist Abu Ismail in terror acts
Oct 27: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam justifies death sentence awarded to Kasab
Oct 29: Kasab confuses trial court by taking frequent U-turns
Nov 25: Kasab's lawyer Amin Solkar begins argument, says trial was unfair. He demands retrial in 26/11 case
Nov 30: Solkar argues that charge of "waging war against nation" was not made out against Kasab
Dec 2: Kasab did not come from Pakistan by dinghy, his lawyer says. Adds that dinghy could not accommodate 10 people
2011
Feb 21: Bombay High Court upholds death verdict on Kasab
July 29: Kasab challenges death sentence in Supreme Court
2012Aug 29: Supreme Court confirms Kasab's death sentence
Sep 16: Through Arther Road Central Jail, Kasab files mercy plea, sent to Maharashtra government
Oct 16: After Maharashtra government rejects Kasab's mercy plea, placed before Indian home ministry
Oct 23: Home ministry rejects Kasab's mercy plea
Nov 5: President Pranab Mukherjee rejects Kasab's mercy plea
Nov 8: Kasab file sent to Maharashtra government for further action
Nov 19: In a top secret operation, Kasab shifted to Pune, 48 hours before the hanging.
Nov 21: Kasab hanged and buried inside Yerawada Central Jail