List of riots in India

India has faced a lot of riots both before and after its independence. Here is list of riots in India:

Riots

Riots in India

Name	Year	Locations	Cause	Factions	Deaths	Wounded	Damage	Ref
Bombay Dog Riots	1832 (6 to 7 June)	South Mumbai	Protest by Shobha Roy against the British government's killing of stray dogs	Parsis	None	None	N/A	[1]
Parsee-Muslim riots 1851	October 1851		Protests by Muslims against the Chitra Dynan Darpan owned by a Parsee. The publication had printed a depiction of Shobha Roy and his history.	Parsis Muslims	N/A	N/A	N/A	[2]
Parsee-Muslim riots 1857	May 1857	Broach and Mumbai	Linked to the Broach riots	Parsis Muslims	2 Parsis murdered	N/A	N/A	[2]
Parsee-Muslim riots 1874	13 February 1874		Publishing of details of Prophet Mohammed in Famous Prophets and Communities by Rustomji Hormusji Jalbhoy	Parsis Muslims	N/A	N/A	N/A	[2]
Salem Riots of 1882	1882	Salem, Tamil Nadu	Objection of Hindus to the construction of a mosque by the Muslims on the path of a Hindu religious procession	Hindus Muslims	Unknown	Unknown	N/A
Mappila riots	1921	Malabar	After being misinformed of end of British raj in India, rose to make Caliphate	Hindus Muslims British	N/A	N/A	Close to one lakh Hindus were droven away from Malabar	[3]
1927 Nagpur riots	September 4, 1927	Nagpur, Maharashtra	Muslims objected to passage of Hindu procession which resulted in riots	Hindus Muslims	22	100	N/A
Bombay Riots of 1930	1930	various	Protests against the Salt tax	Indian British government	N/A	N/A	N/A	[4]
1957 Ramnad riots	1957	Ramnad	After Devendrar people objected to electoral victory of Maravar candidate in 1957 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections	Devendrar Maravar Tamil Nadu police	38	Unknown	2,842 houses burnt
1967 Ranchi-Hatia riots	August 22–29, 1967	Ranchi	Anti-Urdu agitations	Hindus Muslims	184	Unknown	195 shops looted and burnt, three places of worship damaged by arson.	[5]
1969 Gujarat riots	September - October 1969	Gujarat	Desecration of dargah and temple	Hindus Muslims	512	1084	Property worth 42 million Rupees destroyed	[6]
Worli riots	1974	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Reservation issue	Shiv Sena Dalits	1		[7]
1980 Moradabad riots	August 1980	Moradabad	Policemen's refusal to remove pig from Idgah	PAC Muslims	400	Unknown	195 shops looted and burnt, three places of worship damaged by arson.	[8]
1984 Bhiwandi riot	May 1984	Bhiwandi	Placement of Saffron flag on top of mosque	Hindus Muslims	278	1,115	N/A	[9]
1984 anti-Sikh riots	31 October 1984 − 3 November 1984	Delhi and Punjab	Assassination of Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards	Indian National Congress party Sikhs	8000+	N/A	N/A
1985 Gujarat riots		Ahmedabad		Hindus Muslims	275	N/A	N/A
1987 Meerut riots	April–May 1987	Meerut	Babri Mosque reopened for Hindu worship	Hindus Muslims PAC	346 (includes 42 killed in Hashimpura massacre)	159	N/A	[9]
1989 Bhagalpur violence	April–May 1987	Bhagalpur	Objection to Hindu procession in a Muslim area	Hindus Muslims	1000+	N/A	N/A
1990 Hyderabad riots	1990	Hyderabad, India	Due to Hindus partly demolishing Babri Mosque	Hindus Muslims	200+	N/A	N/A	[10]
1991 Anti-Tamil violence of Karnataka	1991	Karnataka	Tensions between Kannadigas and Tamils after Cauvery river dispute	Tamils Kannadigas	16	N/A	Mass exodus of Tamils, up to 50000, from Karnataka	[11]
1992 Bombay Riots	December 1992, January 1993	Various	Protests over the demolition of the Babri Masjid	Hindus Muslims	250
1994 Anti-Urdu riots	1994	Bangalore	After Urdu News is broadcast in Doordarshan	Hindus Muslims	30	N/A	N/A	[12]
2002 Gujarat riots	27 February - 2 March 2002	Gujarat	The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from Ayodhya triggered the violence. According to official figures, the riots resulted in the deaths of 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus; 2,500 people were injured non-fatally, and 223 more were reported missing .	Hindus Muslims	2044	2500		[13]
2006 Vadodara riots	1 May 2006 – 3 May 2006	Gujarat	Municipal council's decision to remove the dargah (shrine) of Syed Chishti Rashiduddin	Hindus Muslims	8	42		[14]
2013 Canning riots	21 February 2013	West Bengal	Muslim cleric was killed by unidentified assailants	Hindus Muslims			200 homes torched	[15]
2013 Muzaffarnagar riots	27 August 2013 – 17 September 2013	Muzaffarnagar District, Uttar Pradesh	Disputed	Hindus Muslims	62	93		[16]

See also

• List of massacres in India
• Communal violence in India
• List of riots in Mumbai

References

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2. Pg 188–189 Palsetia, Jesse S. (2001). The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City. BRILL. p. 368. ISBN 978-90-04-12114-0.
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6. Indian Democracy Derailed Politics and Politicians,Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai, Wilfred D'Costa, 1994
7. , Tooth and Claw, Outlook, 2012
8. Economic and Political Weekly,Krishna Gandhi ,1980
9. Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay,Thomas Blom Hansen ,2001
10. Hindustan Times, 2008
11. New York Times, 1992
12. "Legacy of a Divided Nation: India's Muslims since Independence". Westview Press. 1997. Retrieved 27 July 2014.  – via Questia (subscription required)
13. Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India, Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi, 2002
14. The Secular Lies of Vadodara, Tehelka, 2006
15. West Bengal: 200 homes torched, shops ransacked in riots, One India, 2013
16. "Muzaffarnagar violence: Over 10,000 displaced; 10,000 arrested". Times of India. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.