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N singh report in the bihar assembly which squarely blamed the then congress government for. But all of them were limited to a few lanes and mohallas in city areas and the administration succeeded in quickly containing them. Over 1,000 people around 900 of which were muslims, were killed, and another 50,000 were displaced. Aug 12, 2015 bhagalpur memories the forgotten riot.

As we have discussed in the previous chapters, the postindependence bihar witnessed a spate of outbreak of communal riots. A local court had issued arrest warrant against him on saturday. It is the 3rd largest city of bihar and also the headquarters of bhagalpur district and bhagalpur division. Documents related to government notifications, orders, reports, guidelines and more appear here. Bhagalpur is a commissioner headquarter is situated in bihar. The frequency of such riots increased in the 1930s and 1940s. Jan 01, 2017 the years leading up to the riots had seen horrifying state brutality. Bhagalpur riot inquiry commission report asghar ali engineer inquiry into bhagalpur riots of 1989 reveals how rumours and cooked up stories conspire to cover the collusion between the police, the bureaucracy and the communal elements. Bhagalpur 1989 is remembered as the forgotten riot. Now with the investigation revealing that congress was to be blamed for this. Once upon a mass grave in bhagalpur photo essay by javed. The video is a humble attempt to showcase the plight of the bhagalpur riot victims and how they have languished without a. Read latest bhagalpur news headlines from bhagalpur local news paper.

The handloom and power loom of bhgalpur is famous in india. Congress government, cops indicted for monthlong bhagalpur riots. Union mins son arrested, remanded to judicial custody the arrest came barely a few hours after a bhagalpur court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of shashwat against whom an arrest warrant was issued on march 24. Bhagalpur silk is a household name in india and the lovers of bhagalpur silk fabrics is found allover the india. The communal violence that broke out in and around bhagalpur in october of 1989 continued for about two months and nearly 1,070 lives lost. The silk produced in bhagalpur is famous for its quality and this is an export item. It was sparked off by processions carrying bricks for building the ram temple. It is popular as silk city in india, in bihar, bhagalpur acquires the second position in regard with the area. In custody for 14 days for bhagalpur riots, union ministers. The bhagalpur genocide, october 1989 june 20, 2018 by rajnishmishravns in life as lived and tagged bhagalpur riot, genocide, october 1989, police involvement in riots no riot can last for more than 24 hours unless the state wants it to continue vibhuti narain rai, ips to teesta setalvad. In garhotia village under lodhipur police station, 14 km from bhagalpur town, land owned by the 17 muslim families who fled their homes after the 1989 riots, and whom nitish was referring to, is controlled by 75yearold patel yadav. Bhagalpur had all the elements required for fueling a communal riot communal rivalries, political rivalries, and criminal rivalries the ram janambhoomi controversy was the spark required. This essay lays out the main findings of the official commissions of inquiry set up to investigate the carnage and interweaves the context of a research study by the centre for equity studies. It would be no exaggeration to maintain that the bhagalpur riot of october 1989 was.

Documents are uploaded here in pdf format and option is available to download them. Jul 24, 2017 bhagalpur is a commissioner headquarter is situated in bihar. As we have discussed in the previous chapters, the post. In october and november of 2014, the 25 year anniversary of the communal violence in bhagalpur. How bhagalpur 1989 left a memory trace in bihar politics but with the postbabri era giving way to the postgodhra era, old anxieties have merged into the new. The city is noted for its silk, fabric weaving, and rice and sugar milling. Bhagalpur is a town and the administrative headquarters of bhagalpur district bihar state in the eastern part of india. The riots started on 24 october 1989, and the violent incidents continued to happen for 2 months. Bhagalpur district is one of the thirtyeight districts of bihar state, india, and bhagalpur town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhagalpur is a city of historical importance on the southern banks of the river ganges in the indian state of bihar.

The communal riot which started in bhagalpur on 24 october, 1989, is now completing its 25th year. Aug 09, 2015 ahead of the elections in bihar, the nitish kumar government tabled the final report of justice retd n n singh inquiry commission on the 1989 bhagalpur riots in the assembly on friday. Labelling these events as riots, as is common in india,suggests that they involved frenzied, mutual confrontation between different groupss. Bhagalpur had witnessed hindumuslim riots even earlier in 1924, 1936, 1946 and 1966. Mar 26, 2018 a bhagalpur court on saturday issued arrest warrants against arijit and eight other bjp functionaries after two firs were lodged by the bhagalpur police following the clash at medinigar chowk in. In writing about this experience i make considerable use of personal impressions and insights gathered as part of a tenmember team sent out under the aegis of. The bhagalpur riots of 1989 refers to the violence between the hindus and the muslims in the bhagalpur district of bihar, india. My previous compilation faq on communal questions facts and case studies on communal riots in india further information received steven wilkinson of duke university. The district is having fertile land and sound agriculture background. The bjp union ministers son has been accused of sparking riots in bhagalpur. This obscures the crucial fact that violence in nellie, delhi, bhagalpur and gujarat was systematic, organized by political organizations, and targeted at. Bhagalpur riots probe panel blames then congress government.

Bhagalpur riots latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. Twenty five years on, survivors of riots in indias bihar state still await justice as many of culprits roam free. In custody for 14 days for bhagalpur riots, union minister. A commission of inquiry was appointed to go into the causes. It slipped through the cracks between delhi 1984 and mumbai 1993. Apr 06, 2012 bhagalpur riots victim malka beghum bbc hindi duration. The violence affected the bhagalpur city and 250 villages around it. The supreme court has agreed to examine an appeal of the bihar government against the acquittal of kameshwar prasad yadav in the 1989 bhagalpur communal riots in which over 1,000 people had lost their lives. This obscures the crucial fact that violence in nellie, delhi, bhagalpur and gujarat was systematic, organized by political organizations, and targeted at particular minorities. More than 1,000 people were killed in communal riots in bhagalpur nearly 25 years ago because those who had the power to act, abandoned the quest.

Bhagalpur is well known for its sericulture, manufacture of silk yarn and weaving them into lovely products. Chapter 4 major riots in bihar, 19681992 in bihar, during 19511958 there were a number of communal riots but those were not serious in nature. Bhagalpur riots, 25 years later the milli gazette published online. Departure time of 484 farakka express at bhagalpur is 02. Find bhagalpur hindi news, bhagalpur local news, bhagalpur news paper, bhagalpur latest news, bhagalpur breaking news, bhagalpur city news stories and indepth coverage only on. Twenty three years ago bhagalpur district witnessed one of the worst communal riots in postindependent india.

Get all the latest news and updates on bhagalpur riots only on. District bhagalpur, bihar phone number dm, adm, dto, dalo. The tilka manjhi bhagalpur university, also known as bhagalpur university, is a premier institution for providing higher education in the state of bihar. The bhagalpur district administration sent a team to garhotia on thursday and got measured a 7,405squarefoot plot illegally held by one patel yadav of anantpur tola. Bhagalpur to new farakka jn trains, time table, distance. The commission has identified 85 cases of sale of houses or land under distress or duress and has asked the government to restore the properties to their. In custody for 14 days for bhagalpur riots, union ministers son arijit shashwat files for bail the counsels of arjit shashwat filed an application for bail in the additional district judicial magistrates court and the date for hearing has been fixed for april 3, tuesday. Shah, ghanshyam, 1984, the 1969 communal riots in ahmedabad. The nature, extent and magnitude of hindumuslim riots in. The nitish kumar government in 2005 had decided to reopen 27 bhagalpur riots cases in which over 1,000 people were killed in the violence that had started on 24 october, 1989, in over a dozen villages there.

Once upon a mass grave in bhagalpur photo essay by javed iqbal. It is a district administrative center and an agricultural market, with road and rail connections. The commission has identified 85 cases of sale of houses or land under distress or duress and has asked the government to restore the properties to their original owners. In what could provide the bharatiya janata party bjp much needed ammunition against the congress ahead of bihar assembly polls, a report prepared by the inquiry commission probing the 1989 bhagalpur riots has blamed the then congress government and police for. Some very unseed images of bhagalpur riots from vault. The hindu communalists maintained that the riots were preplanned by the muslims.

Oct 30, 2014 the bhagalpur pogrom against the muslim community paved the way for a series of political riots in india which continue till today the largest being the gujarat riot of 2002 in which the muslim community was targeted in a wellorganised pogrom by hindu communal fascist forces killing more than a thousand unofficially 3000 people and. The truth of the 2002 riots paperback december 22, 2014 by m. A fact sheet on communal riots in india why this monograph. It has always been blamed on bjp but now the truth is out. Report of a preliminary investigation, economic and political weekly, january 1970, annual issue, pp 187200. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Oct 16, 2017 he was booked in the case by bhagalpur police in 1990, over three months after the murder, on a complaint lodged by qayamuddins father. Jan 17, 20 ironically, the anatomy of the bhagalpur riots is quite similar to that of the 2002 gujarat pogrom both were largescale rural riots. Sangam books, pp 175208 shah, ghanshyam, 1970, communal riots in gujarat. During and after the riots there were allegations and counterallegations. Aug 07, 2015 in what could provide the bharatiya janata party bjp much needed ammunition against the congress ahead of bihar assembly polls, a report prepared by the inquiry commission probing the 1989 bhagalpur riots has blamed the then congress government and police for the massacre of nearly people.

By 1990, reports were already calling bhagalpur the forgotten riot, pushed aside by the lalu prasad government in bihar, which spent its energies on putting up an ideological resistance to the. July 2, 2018 tilka manjhi bhagalpur university tmbu. Jun 20, 2018 the bhagalpur genocide, october 1989 june 20, 2018 by rajnishmishravns in life as lived and tagged bhagalpur riot, genocide, october 1989, police involvement in riots no riot can last for more than 24 hours unless the state wants it to continue vibhuti narain rai, ips to teesta setalvad. Several private vehicles, public transport vehicles, and shops were gutted in the communal violence on friday. Find 1989 bhagalpur riots news headlines, photos, videos, comments, blog posts and opinion at the indian express. As listed in above table there are total 8 direct trains between bhagalpur bgp and new farakka jn nfk. Aug 07, 2015 patna, aug 7 ians the bhagalpur riots probe commissions report was tabled in the bihar assembly on friday by the government ignoring the noisy scenes created by the bjp. Bhagalpur riots blogs, comments and archive news on. Armed with justice rtd n n singhs report in the 1989 bhagalpur riots case which was laid in bihar assembly, bjp today questioned chief minister nitish kumars decision to ally. Some very unseed images of bhagalpur riots from vault killed over 2000. We have no orders to save you state participation and.

Please send me any relevant links sources that you find. We all know now who uses riots to gain political mileage. Bjp questions nitishs alliance with rjd, cong on bhagalpur riots. The university is situated in bhagalpur town of bihar state in india and is named after famous freedom fighter tilka manjhi. It is in the east part of bihar and at the bank of pious river the ganges. Read all news including political news, current affairs and news headlines online on bhagalpur riots today. Clashes took place on march 17 during a procession in bhagalpur that was carried out by workers from bharatiya janata party bjp, rss and bajrang dal, and was led by choubeys son arijit shashwat. My statement arises in large part out of the experience of the bhagalpur riots of 1989, which figure in some detail in the latter part of this essay. The victims mainly muslims are still struggling, socially and financially. Riots have been a recurring phenomenon in india claiming hundreds of human lives as and when they occur.

How not to burn the whole house down to kill a rat. To keep track of such information, im creating this blog post as a placeholder. Aug 14, 2015 bhagalpur had all the elements required for fueling a communal riot communal rivalries, political rivalries, and criminal rivalries the ram janambhoomi controversy was the spark required. Explore bhagalpur dm profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of. The bihar government initiated thursday the process to restore land to the 17 muslim families who had to abandon their houses in garhotia under lodhipur during the 1989 bhagalpur riots.

It covers total distance of 143 kilometer in 03h 27m. Reference to bhagalpur can be found in indian epics like the ramayana and the mahabharata where bhagalpur has been described as the kingdom of anga. District bhagalpur, bihar phone number dm, adm, dto, dalo, dpro. This season, yadav has cultivated toor pigeon pea in a portion of the. Apr 02, 2018 in custody for 14 days for bhagalpur riots, union ministers son arijit shashwat files for bail the counsels of arjit shashwat filed an application for bail in the additional district judicial magistrates court and the date for hearing has been fixed for april 3, tuesday. There are good colleges and technical institutions e. Timeline of bihar violence in nawada, an idol of lord hanuman was found vandalised in a temple in this district which led to riots.

We believe that if there was speedy and comprehensive legal justice for the bhagalpur communal violence, it would perhaps have been harder to carry out the gujarat pogrom. Patna, aug 7 ians the bhagalpur riots probe commissions report was tabled in the bihar assembly on friday by the government ignoring the noisy scenes created by the bjp. The 1946 bihar riots were part of a series of incidents of communal violence that occurred across north india. General characteristics of the district bhagalpur is an old town situated in the eastern bihar on the bank of river ganga.

The bhagalpur genocide, october 1989 rajnishmishravns. Bhagalpur district occupies an area of 2,569 square kilometres 992 sq mi. At places, it was implicated in the violence gautam navlakha, a senior member of the peoples union for democratic rights, speaks about the. What were the political impacts of the bhagalpur riots of.