Delhi violence: how national capital's present situation resembles 1947 riots

Delhi violence: how national capital's present situation resembles 1947 riots

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India oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P Published: Friday, March 6, 2020, 9:56 [IST] NEW DELHI, MAR 06: Death toll in the recent Delhi violence in northeast Delhi has risen to 53. It was evident that the people for and against the Centre's Citizenship Amendment Act had a clash during the protests. Several houses were burnt while many were shot dead and lynched in broad daylight. According to reports, it is alleged that the police have registered as many as 654 cases related to the violence and arrested or detained 1,820 people in connection to the violence. With 53 killed, over 350 injured, it is reportedly said that most victims appear to be from the Muslim community. HOW INDIA IS ONCE AGAIN WITNESSING COMMUNAL VIOLENCE: In 1946, Mahatma Gandhi spent four stressed months at Noakhali in Bengal (modern Bangladesh) - where the scenes of terrible communal violence took place. He listened to harrowing tales of forcible conversions. On December 6, 1947, communal violence broke out at Ajmer in India, precipitated by an argument between Sindhi Hindu refugees and Muslims in the Dargah Bazaar. The violence in Ajmer resulted in mostly Muslim casualties. Meanwhile, in January, an anti-Hindu riots broke out in Karachi that led to 1100 casualties. As many as 7 lakh Sindhi Hindus fled to India. The arrival of Sindhi Hindu refugees in North Gujarat triggered the March 1948 riots which led to an emigration of Muslims from Godhra to Pakistan. * At Least 30 Dead As Landslides, Flash Floods Triggered By Heavy Rains Devastate Northeast * Dhanush, Aishwarya Rajinikanth Reunite To Celebrate Son Yathra’s Graduation | PICS INSIDE * Tej Pratap Yadav Pens Emotional Note For Parents After RJD Expulsion: 'My Dear Mummy, Papa...' * MTV Roadies Winner 2025: Meet Kushal Tanwar Aka Gullu, Elvish Yadav's Gang Member, Winner Of The Show * Rinku Singh, Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj To Get Engaged In Lucknow On... * BMTC Bus Driver Tries To Run Over Woman, Shocking Incident Caught On Cam | WATCH * Horoscope for Today 01-June-2025 – Love Drama & Career Twists – Aries, Virgo, Gemini! * Pawan Kalyan Slams Mamata Over Influencer's Arrest, Says 'Secularism Must Be Two-Way Street' * Gemini Horoscope For Today, June 01, Sunday - Let Your Imagination Run Wild! * Andhra Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan Urges West Bengal Police to Act Justly in Sharmishta Panoli Case * Torrential Rain Wrecks NH-17, Cuts Off Tura-Guwahati Route As Northeast Battles Floods, Landslides * Congress Leader Shama Mohamed Questions Global Support For Pakistan Over India Post-Operation Sindoor

India oi-Ajay Joseph Raj P Published: Friday, March 6, 2020, 9:56 [IST] NEW DELHI, MAR 06: Death toll in the recent Delhi violence in northeast Delhi has risen to 53. It was evident that the


people for and against the Centre's Citizenship Amendment Act had a clash during the protests. Several houses were burnt while many were shot dead and lynched in broad daylight.


According to reports, it is alleged that the police have registered as many as 654 cases related to the violence and arrested or detained 1,820 people in connection to the violence. With 53


killed, over 350 injured, it is reportedly said that most victims appear to be from the Muslim community. HOW INDIA IS ONCE AGAIN WITNESSING COMMUNAL VIOLENCE: In 1946, Mahatma Gandhi spent


four stressed months at Noakhali in Bengal (modern Bangladesh) - where the scenes of terrible communal violence took place. He listened to harrowing tales of forcible conversions. On


December 6, 1947, communal violence broke out at Ajmer in India, precipitated by an argument between Sindhi Hindu refugees and Muslims in the Dargah Bazaar. The violence in Ajmer resulted in


mostly Muslim casualties. Meanwhile, in January, an anti-Hindu riots broke out in Karachi that led to 1100 casualties. As many as 7 lakh Sindhi Hindus fled to India. The arrival of Sindhi


Hindu refugees in North Gujarat triggered the March 1948 riots which led to an emigration of Muslims from Godhra to Pakistan. * At Least 30 Dead As Landslides, Flash Floods Triggered By


Heavy Rains Devastate Northeast * Dhanush, Aishwarya Rajinikanth Reunite To Celebrate Son Yathra’s Graduation | PICS INSIDE * Tej Pratap Yadav Pens Emotional Note For Parents After RJD


Expulsion: 'My Dear Mummy, Papa...' * MTV Roadies Winner 2025: Meet Kushal Tanwar Aka Gullu, Elvish Yadav's Gang Member, Winner Of The Show * Rinku Singh, Samajwadi Party MP


Priya Saroj To Get Engaged In Lucknow On... * BMTC Bus Driver Tries To Run Over Woman, Shocking Incident Caught On Cam | WATCH * Horoscope for Today 01-June-2025 – Love Drama & Career


Twists – Aries, Virgo, Gemini! * Pawan Kalyan Slams Mamata Over Influencer's Arrest, Says 'Secularism Must Be Two-Way Street' * Gemini Horoscope For Today, June 01, Sunday -


Let Your Imagination Run Wild! * Andhra Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan Urges West Bengal Police to Act Justly in Sharmishta Panoli Case * Torrential Rain Wrecks NH-17, Cuts Off


Tura-Guwahati Route As Northeast Battles Floods, Landslides * Congress Leader Shama Mohamed Questions Global Support For Pakistan Over India Post-Operation Sindoor