2002 Gujarat violence

When

2002

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

23.16° N, 71.84° E

Description

communal violence in Gujarat, India

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Sectarian violence in the Indian state

On 28 February 2002, a three-day period of inter-communal violence began in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The burning of a train in Godhra the day before, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks returning from Ayodhya, is cited as having instigated the violence.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2002 Gujarat violence: Three day violence against Muslim community in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat and surroundings begins leaving over 500 dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Violences au Gujarat”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “серия межрелигиозных столкновений между радикальными индуистами и мусульманами в индийском штате Гуджарат”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page