Gujarat violence

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2002 Gujarat violence

***** Location: India
***** Season: Late Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

The 2002 Gujarat violence was a series of incidents including the Godhra train burning and the subsequent communal riots between Hindus and Muslims in the Indian state of Gujarat.
On 27 February 2002, the Sabarmati Express train was attacked at Godhra by a large Muslim mob as per a preplanned conspiracy. 58 Hindu pilgrims, mostly women and children returning from Ayodhya, were killed in the attack. This in turn prompted retaliatory attacks against Muslims and general communal riots on a large scale across the state, in which 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were ultimately killed and 223 more people were reported missing.

523 places of worship were damaged: 298 dargahs, 205 mosques, 17 temples, and 3 churches. Muslim-owned businesses suffered the bulk of the damage. 61,000 Muslims and 10,000 Hindus fled their homes. Preventive arrests of 17,947 Hindus and 3,616 Muslims were made.
In total 27,901 Hindus and 7,651 Muslims were arrested. Nearly 10,000 rounds of bullets were fired in police shootings that killed 93 Muslims and 77 Hindus.
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Gujarat pogrom

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HAIKU

day of remembrance –
the night silence
same as always

It is 10 years today since the Gujarat pogrom in which some 2000 Muslims were killed and 150,000 displaced to live as refugees in their own country. Many of them could never return to their homes.

- Shared by Johannes Manjrekar
Joys of Japan, February 2012


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