What the records say
- When
- 1 May 2006
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 22.30° N, 73.21° E
- Description
- riots in Gujarat, India over the removal of a shrine
2006 Vadodara riots
Islamic riots in Gujarat, India
The 2006 Vadodara riots also known as the 2006 Dargah riots were religious riots that occurred on 1 May 2006 in the Vadodara district of Gujarat, India. The riots were started by Muslim mobs rampaging against the Municipal Council of India's decision to remove the dargah (shrine) of Syed Chishti Rashiduddin, a medieval Muslim Sufi saint.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Mass Mobilization Project v5.1: protests against governments, 1990–2020 (Clark & Regan)David Clark and Patrick Regan · names it “Protest in Vadodara, India”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
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