It is only now, as the hotel sieges in Mumbai have come to an end, that the world is getting a glimpse inside India’s 9/11.

Newly-released video from inside the Taj Mahal Hotel shows commandos fighting their way through the corridors, taking on gunmen who appeared to know the buildings inside out.

Fire, grenades and gunshots left their mark, as well as nearly 200 people dead city-wide. And nobody knows yet if that is the definitive figure.

Escaped hotel guests spoke of bodies and blood everywhere. The Indian forces sustained casualties too. Those who lost their lives have been declared heroes.

The people of Mumbai defied orders to stay home, crowding into the streets instead to thank those who had brought days of killing to an end.

It was not just tourist spots which were targetted by the suspected Islamic militants.