Their assault on the Taj Mahal Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel and a Jewish centre went on for more than two days.

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Regular fire drills for all 1, 300 people who work at the Oberoi and the adjoining Trident hotel certainly saved lives: During the first two hours the staff, familiar with all the exits, guided 200 guests to safety.

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Commandos were continuing their sweep of another hotel, the Oberoi-Trident, where a number of guests were trapped in their rooms or being held hostage, said JK Dutt, of the National Security Guards.

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To build the Oberoi Sheraton (now known as the Trident) in 1972, the first rival to the opulent Taj hotel, he reclaimed land under water in the Bay of Bombay.

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