What the records say
- When
- Oct 1990
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 29.37° N, 78.14° E
- Description
- religious riot in Bijnor, India
Placed at the town its title names, Bijnor.
1990 Bijnor riot
Religious riot in Bijnor, India
In October 1990, a major communal riot took place in Bijnor, a town in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Stemming from a celebratory procession by local Hindu groups, it was the most destructive riot in the wake of concurrent Hindu nationalist campaigns, which eventually led to the demolition of Babri Masjid. The riots were also characterized by phases of passive and active complicity of the state machinery.
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