What the records say
- When
- 11 Nov 1946
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 22.80° N, 83.00° E
- Description
- Communal riots occurred in Bihar from 24 October to 11 November 1946,
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1946 Bihar riots
Anti-Muslim riots in Bihar, India
Communal riots occurred in Bihar, India from 24 October to 11 November 1946, in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families. The riots were triggered by the Great Calcutta Killings, as well as the Noakhali riots earlier that year. Mahatma Gandhi declared that he would fast unto death if the riots did not stop. The riots were part of a sequence of communal violence that culminated in the partition of India.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1946 Bihar riots: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page