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These riots shook Jawaharlal Nehru as he never expected communal riots of such intensity in independent India. Hindu nationalist organizations including ABVP, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh played a major role in this riot. Officially 55 were killed, though according to unofficial accounts, 200 were killed.
The 2023 Haryana riots commonly referred to as the Nuh violence were a series of clashes in northern India that originated in the state of Haryana and have subsequently spread to nearby regions. On 31 July 2023, communal violence erupted in the Nuh district of Haryana between Muslims and Hindus during an annual Brajmandal Yatra pilgrimage ...
There was a wide regional variation in rate of death caused by communal violence per 100,000 people. The India-wide average communal violence fatality rate per year was 0.01 person per 100,000 people per year. The world's average annual death rate from intentional violence, in recent years, has been 7.9 per 100,000 people. [172]
Communal violence in India is not new, with periodic clashes breaking out ever since the British partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, but observers say that religious polarization has ...
Separate outbreaks of violence this week, including the alleged shooting of three Muslim men by a police officer on a train, have exposed the deep communal fissures in India weeks before it ...
GURUGRAM, India (Reuters) - Hindu-Muslim clashes just outside the Indian capital this week have worsened religious fault lines in the region and exposed a booming business hub to threats of ...
The 2023 Satara riots were a series of clashes in northern India that originated in the state of Maharashtra. An objectionable social media post and comments by two youths from a community triggered tension between the Hindu & Muslim communities, leading to communal clashes. In response to the post, there was violent retaliation and stone pelting.
Following the violence, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami underscored in a tweet that every rioter would be apprehended, ensuring no one would be spared. [ 26 ] [ 28 ] Additionally, a decision was made to establish a police station at the site where the illegal encroachment had been demolished.