But this is not the first time when a senior political leader has been at the receiving end. Time and again, in the past, the public conveyed it’s anguish and dissent in similar shoe-hurling attacks against leaders across the globe.

From Chidamabaram to Clinton (Hillary) and Manmohan to Musharraf, most of them got a shoe or two (Yes, George Bush managed a ‘double-duck’).

We look back at few such incidents:

P Chidambaram

Former union minister and Congress leader was attack with a shoe by journalist P Chidambaram at a press meet when talking about 1984 Sikh riots case [April 7, 2009] (Click here):

L K Advani

The veteran BJP leader had a slipper hurled at an election rally in MP [April 16, 2009] (Click here):

Manmohan Singh

Former prime minster Manmohan Singh was attacked during an election rally in Ahmedabad [April 26, 2009] (Click here):

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Omar Abdullah

A suspended policeman hurled a shoe at former J&K CM Omar Abdullah during Independence Day function [August 17, 2010] (Click here):

Hillary Clinton

A woman threw a shoe at former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton during a conference in Las Vegas [April 10 2014] (Click here):

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Pervez Musharraf

Shoe hurled at former Pakistan PM Pervez Musharraf [ August 2015] (Click here):

George W Bush:

An Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at former US president George W Bush in Prime Minister’s Palace in Baghdad. Two ‘Size 10’ shoes were hurled at Bush at the press conference. [December 15, 2008] (Click here):

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