The riots were triggered on February 27, 2002 by a fire on a passenger train, the Sabarmati Express, passing through the town of Godhra. The train was carrying Hindu activists called Kar Sevaks returning from a disputed religious site in Ayodhya. The train was allegedly set to fire by Muslim extremists. Hindu sympathisers often cite this as the primary provocation or the "first use" of violence. However, there were reports alleging that it was the Hindus riding the train who were the first to provoke standers-by Muslims in Godhra rail ...

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• 2002 Gujarat violence - Conviction
• 2002 Gujarat violence - The Best Bakery Case
• 2002 Gujarat violence - The cause of the train fire in Godhra
• 2002 Gujarat violence - External references
• 2002 Gujarat violence - Compilations of newspaper articles
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Various independent human rights groups as well as major Indian newspapers have accused the Gujarat state government, led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi of supporting, and in some cases instigating, the riots. India's own National Human Rights Commission indicted the state government saying "the commission has, therefore, reached that (sic) there was comprehensive failure of the state to protect the constitutional rights of the people of Gujarat." [4] On 3rd March, 2002, as mobs ruled the streets, Mr. Modi is reported to have stated: ...

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The violence commited against Muslim women and young girls was particularty disturbing, the following excerpt was taken from the human rights watch report pertaining to the massacre: A female eyewitness told Human Rights Watch, "they raped them, cut them and then threw them in a well. They cut them with swords. Everything is gone, you won't even find dogs there."33 Samuda also witnessed the raping and killing of young girls: "They took young girls, raped them, cut them and then they burned them."34 Others simply did not have the wo ...

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2002 Gujarat violence, 2002 Gujarat violence - The Riots, 2002 Gujarat violence - Eyewitness Accounts, 2002 Gujarat violence - The role of the Central and the Gujarat state government in the riots, 2002 Gujarat violence - Conviction, 2002 Gujarat violence - The Best Bakery Case, 2002 Gujarat violence - The cause of the train fire in Godhra, 2002 Gujarat violence - External references, 2002 Gujarat violence - Compilations of newspaper articles, 2002 Gujarat violence - Newspaper articles

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While some refer to the violence as riots others refer to it as an anti-Muslim pogrom. In one of the worst incidents, on February 28 a mob set fire to the mainly Muslim locality of Naroda Patia in Ahmedabad, killing at least 65 people. The community religious place was burnt using LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinders. According to Human Rights Watch, who visited Naroda Patia three weeks later, homes in the area were completely burnt for the affected. Several witnesses claimed that the police failed to protect residents. In the following days, hundreds of young people with swords, daggers, axes, and iron r ...

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2002 Gujarat violence, 2002 Gujarat violence - The Riots, 2002 Gujarat violence - Eyewitness Accounts, 2002 Gujarat violence - The role of the Central and the Gujarat state government in the riots, 2002 Gujarat violence - Conviction, 2002 Gujarat violence - The Best Bakery Case, 2002 Gujarat violence - The cause of the train fire in Godhra, 2002 Gujarat violence - External references, 2002 Gujarat violence - Compilations of newspaper articles, 2002 Gujarat violence - Newspaper articles

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