1994 anti-Urdu riots
Anti-Urduriotsare series of clashes that erupted in and aroundBangalorefrom 7th October 1994. Clashes took place betweenPro - Kannadaorganisations and supporters of rulingIndian National Congressat Jagajeevanram Nagar neighborhood inBangalore,Karnataka,India.
It also spread to many areas in city assuming a communal characteristic claiming 25 lives, injuries to more than 150 and losses of property worth more than 10 millionUS dollar.[1]
Background
[edit]The riots were believed to be a reaction against a ten-minute telecast ofUrdunews on India's national television channel,Doordarshanat prime-time. Amidst increasingcommunalismin Karnataka, some Kannada language organisations, as well as theBharatiya Janata PartyandJanata Dalclaimed was a political stunt by chief ministerVeerappa Moilyto gain political support among Muslims, which Moily denied and countered to by claiming they had attempted to communalize the broadcast.[2][3][4][5][6]This was the last serious incident of religious violence in Bangalore until 2007.[7]The riots stopped following decision to discontinue the news bulletin.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"urdu news broadcast triggers 3day riot in which 23 die in bangalore".ucanews.Retrieved17 December2023.
- ^"Hindus clash with Muslims, Indian Police".Washington Post.9 October 1994.Retrieved20 November2022.
- ^"URDU NEWS BROADCAST TRIGGERS 3-DAY RIOT IN WHICH 23 DIE IN BANGALORE".UCA News.11 October 1994.
- ^"War of Words Turns Fatal in India: Violence: Dispute over Urdu language being used on a 10-minute TV broadcast leads to riots, 17 deaths".Los Angeles Times.9 October 1994.
- ^Rai, Saritha (31 October 1994)."Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots".India Today.Retrieved20 November2022.
- ^Engineer, Asghar Ali (1994)."Bangalore Violence: Linguistic or Communal?".Economic and Political Weekly.29(44): 2854–2858.ISSN0012-9976.JSTOR4401963.
- ^"Police patrol riot-hit Bangalore, IT firms operate".Reuters.22 January 2007.Retrieved22 August2020.
- ^"Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots".India Today.Retrieved17 December2023.
Notes
[edit]- Nair, Janaki (2005).The promise of the metropolis: Bangalore's twentieth century.Oxford University Press. p. 259.ISBN0195667255.
  | This Indian history-related article is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |