Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis

Pogram in Gujarat: Hindu nationalism and anti-muslim violence in India - New Jersey Princeton University press 2012 - vii, 335 p. ill. Includes bibliographical reference and index

In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and incited fellow Hindus to exact revenge.

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Pogroms India Gujarat
Muslims violence against India Gujarat
Ethnic conflict India Gujarat