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The '''1985 Gujarat riots''' began in February and lasted till October 1986, in the city of [[Ahmedabad]]. The violence caused an estimated death toll of 275, thousands of injuries and tens of thousands displaced.<ref name="Spodek 2008" /> |
The '''1985 Gujarat riots''' began in February and lasted till October 1986, in the city of [[Ahmedabad]]. The violence caused an estimated death toll of 275, thousands of injuries and tens of thousands displaced.<ref name="Spodek 2008" /> The riots were organized by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]](BJP) to cause the downfall of the government of [[Madhav Singh Solanki]].<ref name="Engineer 2003 pp12-13" /> Initially the riots were a intra Hindu [[Caste system in India|caste]] issue over the [[Reservation in India|reservations]] policy of the state government but this turned into a communal riot between Hindus and Muslims. The rioters had initially targeted state property but within a month<ref name="Fuller 2011p2004" /> began to target Muslims and Muslim owned property.<ref name="Shani 2007 p159" /> |
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Solanki having won the elections in March formed a government which out of twenty ministers had fourteen [[Kshatriya|Kshatriyas]] serving. The upper castes reacted violently, as they felt they had made their feelings clear regarding quotas during the riots in 1981. The state announced an increase from ten percent to twenty eight percent in the reserved quotas for lower castes for state employment.<ref name="Fuller 2011p2004" /> A stay was issued by the high court on implementing the quotas and following the derailment of a train on 5 July Solanki stepped down.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2003 pp325-326" /> |
Solanki having won the elections in March formed a government which out of twenty ministers had fourteen [[Kshatriya|Kshatriyas]] serving. The upper castes reacted violently, as they felt they had made their feelings clear regarding quotas during the riots in 1981. The state announced an increase from ten percent to twenty eight percent in the reserved quotas for lower castes for state employment.<ref name="Fuller 2011p2004" /> A stay was issued by the high court on implementing the quotas and following the derailment of a train on 5 July |
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Solanki stepped down.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2003 pp325-326" /> |
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According to testimony from [[Dalit]] members of the BJP legislative assembly who during the riots in 1981 had assaulted them gave them aid during the 1985 violence. The BJP and other Hindu groups provided the Dalits with weapons, legal help and money.<ref name="Shani 2007 p159" /> |
According to testimony from [[Dalit|Dalits]], members of the BJP legislative assembly who during the riots in 1981 had assaulted them gave them aid during the 1985 violence. The BJP and other Hindu groups provided the Dalits with weapons, legal help and money.<ref name="Shani 2007 p159" /> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 08:24, 19 July 2013
The 1985 Gujarat riots began in February and lasted till October 1986, in the city of Ahmedabad. The violence caused an estimated death toll of 275, thousands of injuries and tens of thousands displaced.[1] The riots were organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) to cause the downfall of the government of Madhav Singh Solanki.[2] Initially the riots were a intra Hindu caste issue over the reservations policy of the state government but this turned into a communal riot between Hindus and Muslims. The rioters had initially targeted state property but within a month[3] began to target Muslims and Muslim owned property.[4]
Solanki having won the elections in March formed a government which out of twenty ministers had fourteen Kshatriyas serving. The upper castes reacted violently, as they felt they had made their feelings clear regarding quotas during the riots in 1981. The state announced an increase from ten percent to twenty eight percent in the reserved quotas for lower castes for state employment.[3] A stay was issued by the high court on implementing the quotas and following the derailment of a train on 5 July Solanki stepped down.[5]
According to testimony from Dalits, members of the BJP legislative assembly who during the riots in 1981 had assaulted them gave them aid during the 1985 violence. The BJP and other Hindu groups provided the Dalits with weapons, legal help and money.[4]
References
- ^ Spodek, Howard (2008). "From Gandhi to Violence: Ahmedabad's 1985 Riots in Historical Perspective". Modern Asian Studies. 23 (4): 765–795. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00010209.
- ^ Engineer, Asgharali (2003). The Gujarat Carnage. Orient Blackswan. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-8125024965.
- ^ a b Fuller, C. J. (2011). A Companion to the Anthropology of India. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 2004. ISBN 978-1405198929.
- ^ a b Shani, Ornit (2007). Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat. Cambridge University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0521727532.
- ^ Jaffrelot, Christophe (2003). India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India. C Hurst & Co. pp. 325–326. ISBN 978-1850653981.