List of riots in India

India has faced a lot of race riots both before and after its independence. Here is list of riots in India:

Riots in India
Name Year Locations Cause Factions Deaths Wounded Damage Ref
Bombay Dog Riots 1832 (6 to 7 June) South Mumbai Protest by Parsis against the British government's killing of stray dogs Parsis None None N/A [1]
Parsee-Muslim riots 1851 October 1851 Protests by Muslims against the Chitra Dynan Darpan owned by a Parsee. The publication had printed a depiction of Prophet Mohammed and his history. Parsis
Muslims		 N/A N/A N/A [2]
1857 Bharuch riot May 1857 Broach and Mumbai Linked to the Broach riots Parsis
Muslims		 2 Parsis murdered N/A N/A [2]
Parsee-Muslim riots 1874 13 February 1874 Publishing of details of Prophet Mohammed in Famous Prophets and Communities by Rustomji Hormusji Jalbhoy Parsis
Muslims		 N/A N/A N/A [2]
Salem Riots of 1882 1882 Salem, Tamil Nadu Objection of Hindus to the construction of a mosque by the Muslims on the path of a Hindu religious procession Hindus
Muslims		 Unknown Unknown N/A
Mappila riots 1921 Malabar After being misinformed of end of British raj in India, rose to make Caliphate Hindus
Muslims
British		 N/A N/A Close to one lakh Hindus were droven away from Malabar [3]
1927 Nagpur riots September 4, 1927 Nagpur, Maharashtra Muslims objected to passage of Hindu procession which resulted in riots Hindus
Muslims		 22 100 N/A
Bombay riots of 1930 1930 various Protests against the Salt tax Indian
British government		 N/A N/A N/A [4]
Direct Action Day August 1946 Calcutta, Bengal Muslim League Council to show the strength of Muslim feelings both to British and Congress. Muslims feared that if the British just pulled out, Muslims would surely suffer at the hands of overwhelming Hindu majority. Hindus
Muslims		 4,000 N/A 100,000 homeless [5]
Noakhali riots October–November 1946 Noakhali, Bengal Division of Bengal (now in Bangladesh) in October–November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule. Hindus
Muslims		 5,000 N/A 50,000 Hindus remained marooned [6][7]
1957 Ramnad riots 1957 Ramnad After Devendrar people objected to electoral victory of Maravar candidate in 1957 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections Devendrar
Maravar
Tamil Nadu police		 38 Unknown 2,842 houses burnt
1967 Ranchi-Hatia riots August 22–29, 1967 Ranchi Anti-Urdu agitations Hindus
Muslims		 184 Unknown 195 shops looted and burnt, three places of worship damaged by arson. [8]
1969 Gujarat riots September - October 1969 Gujarat Desecration of dargah and temple Hindus
Muslims		 512 1084 Property worth 42 million Rupees destroyed [9]
Worli riots 1974 Mumbai, Maharashtra Reservation issue Shiv Sena
Dalits		 1 [10]
1980 Moradabad riots August 1980 Moradabad Policemen's refusal to remove pig from Idgah PAC
Muslims		 400 Unknown 195 shops looted and burnt, three places of worship damaged by arson. [11]
Nellie massacre February 1983 Nellie Tensions between Hindus and Muslims Hindus
Muslims		 2,191 (Unofficial Toll 10,000+) Unknown
1984 Bhiwandi riot May 1984 Bhiwandi Placement of Saffron flag on top of mosque Hindus
Muslims		 278 1,115 N/A [12]
1984 anti-Sikh riots 31 October 1984 − 3 November 1984 Delhi and Punjab Assassination of Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards Indian National Congress (INC)
Sikhs		 2,800 N/A N/A [13]
1985 Gujarat riots Ahmedabad Hindus
Muslims		 275 N/A N/A
1987 Meerut riots April–May 1987 Meerut Babri Mosque reopened for Hindu worship Hindus
Muslims
PAC		 346 (includes 42 killed in Hashimpura massacre) 159 N/A [14]
1989 Bhagalpur violence April–May 1987 Bhagalpur Objection to Hindu procession in a Muslim area Hindus
Muslims		 1000+ N/A N/A
1990 Hyderabad riots 1990 Hyderabad, India Due to Hindus partly demolishing Babri Mosque Hindus
Muslims		 200+ N/A N/A [15]
1991 Anti-Tamil violence of Karnataka 1991 Karnataka Tensions between Kannadigas and Tamils after Cauvery river dispute Tamils
Kannadigas		 16 N/A Mass exodus of Tamils, up to 50000, from Karnataka [16]
1992 Bombay riots December 1992, January 1993 Various Protests over the demolition of the Babri Masjid Hindus
Muslims		 250
1994 Anti-Urdu riots 1994 Bangalore After Urdu News is broadcast in Doordarshan Hindus
Muslims		 30 N/A N/A [17]
2002 Gujarat riots 27 February - 2 March 2002 Gujarat The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from Ayodhya triggered the violence. According to official figures, the riots resulted in the deaths of 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus; 2,500 people were injured non-fatally, and 223 more were reported missing . Hindus
Muslims		 1044 2500 [18]
2006 Vadodara riots 1 May 2006 – 3 May 2006 Gujarat Municipal council's decision to remove the dargah (shrine) of Syed Chishti Rashiduddin Hindus
Muslims		 8 42 [19]
2013 Canning riots 21 February 2013 West Bengal Muslim cleric was killed by unidentified assailants Hindus
Muslims		 200 homes torched [20]
2013 Muzaffarnagar riots 27 August 2013 – 17 September 2013 Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh Disputed Hindus
Muslims		 62 93 [21]
2014 Saharanpur riots 25 July 2014 – 26 July 2014 Saharanpur Disputed land Muslims
Sikhs		 3 33 [22]
2016 Kaliachak riots 3 January 2016 Malda district, West Bengal Muslims were protesting the remark of Hindu Mahasabha leader Kamlesh Tiwari made on 3 December 2015 in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which allegedly made derogatory remarks against the Muslim prophet Muhammad Hindus
Muslims		 30+ 500 homes torched [23][24]
2017 Baduria riots 2 July 2017 Baduria, West Bengal Facebook post by a 11 Class student Hindus
Muslims		 23+ N/A [25]
2017 Northern India riots 25 August 2017 Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and New Delhi Rape conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Dera Sacha Sauda Followers 41+ 300+ [26][27]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pg 125 Palsetia, Jesse S. (2001). The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City. BRILL. p. 368. ISBN 978-90-04-12114-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Pg 188–189 Palsetia, Jesse S. (2001). The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City. BRILL. p. 368. ISBN 978-90-04-12114-0.
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  4. ↑ "Troops called out for Bombay Riots". New York Times. 1930-06-23. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
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  6. ↑ "India: Written in Blood". Time (subscription required). 28 October 1946.
  7. ↑ Khan, Yasmin (2007). The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale University Press. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9780300120783.
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  11. ↑ Economic and Political Weekly,Krishna Gandhi ,1980
  12. ↑ Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay,Thomas Blom Hansen ,2001
  13. ↑ Ramakrishnan, Shriya (8 October 2016). "1984 anti-Sikh riots: Calls for justice in India". Al Jazeera.
  14. ↑ Rivers of Blood: A Comparative Study of Government Massacres,Brenda.K.Uekert ,1995
  15. ↑ Hindustan Times, 2008
  16. ↑ New York Times, 1992
  17. ↑ "Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims since Independence". Westview Press. 1997. Retrieved 27 July 2014.  – via Questia (subscription required)
  18. ↑ Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India, Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi, 2002
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-07-06. The Secular Lies of Vadodara, Tehelka, 2006
  20. ↑ West Bengal: 200 homes torched, shops ransacked in riots, One India, 2013
  21. ↑ "Muzaffarnagar violence: Over 10,000 displaced; 10,000 arrested". Times of India. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  22. ↑ "UP cops say Saharanpur riots were well-planned". InToday.in. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  23. ↑ "48 hours after communal riots, Kaliachak in Malda turns ghost town". India Today. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Why did the media ignore the Malda communal violence?". scroll.in. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  25. ↑ "Fresh Violence In West Bengal's Basirhat After Police Lathicharge, Several Injured: 10 Updates". NDTV.com.
  26. ↑ "Families torn apart in Haryana violence". The Hindu. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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