What the records say
- When
- 8 May 1970
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 19.30° N, 73.06° E
- Description
- civil riot in Bhiwandi, India
Placed at the town its title names, Bhiwandi.
1970 Bhiwandi riots
Civil riot in Bhiwandi, India
The 1970 Bhiwandi riots were religious riots which occurred on 7 and 8 May in the Indian towns of Bhiwandi, Jalgaon and Mahad, between Hindus and Muslims. The riots caused the deaths of over 250 people; the Justice Madon commission, which investigated the riots, stated that 142 Muslims and 20 Hindus had been killed in Bhiwandi alone, and 50 Muslims and 17 Hindus in the surrounding areas.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Émeutes de Bhiwandi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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