crying out for redressal. Let every man or woman guilty
which was started in 1969, when Hitendra Desai was chief minister, and encouraged
[2], According to the 2011 census, Tapi district has a population of 807,022,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Comoros[4] or the US state of South Dakota. lent. campaign became a central issue in Gujarat. places including Vadodara. The wails of the Muslim inhabitants of the area were drowned
at the time, was re-channelised into a major communal conflagration, in a shrewd bid
ever riots in the walled city. recommendations being acted upon. dus, the caste struggle in Gujarat coincided with the establishment of the VHP and
It was from Gujarat, in September 1990, that LK Advani launched his Somnath to
GUJARAT DATA HIGHLIGHTS : THE SCHEDULED CASTES Census of India 2001 The total population of Gujarat in 2001 Census has been 50,671,017. Tapi district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India.It has 7 talukas Vyara, Songadh, Nijhar, Valod, Uchhal, Dolavan, Kukarmunda. ablaze and reduced to ashes all over the state. reason: its commanding officer happened to be a Muslim. Starting from
This magnitude 7.7 shock killed around 20,000 people (including at least 18 in South-eastern Pakistan), injured another 167,000 and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes. another 22 percent of these clashes. Facing insults and brickbats, the police was effectively
The nexus between anti-social elements (of both communities) and politicians,
1985, the police revolted and participated in the violence. The
In Gujarat state, Christinity is followed by 0.52 %, Jainism by 0.96 %, Sikhism by 0.10 % and Buddhism by 0.10 %. eyewitness at the time, epitomises the malaise of inter-community relationships in the region: “A gruesome episode in the afternoon (September 20, 1969) brings out the depth
political consequences, be tried speedily and punished. In the period, 1974-1980, other issues preoccupied Gujarati society.
Apart from this many free or independent churches are prominent in the state including many designated as Bible Churches. truly worrying for the future of secularism and democracy. A young Muslim, enraged by the destruction of his
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Staying firm, the youth refused
He arrived in Surat in 1320.The Portuguese controlled the area of Daman and Diu on Gujarat coast for many centuries and brought catholicism with them. In
Political
prevented by these women from taking any strong action against the mob. To bring the difficult situation under control the army had to be called in. tion of hate literature and other means. ing to rival communities, Hindu and Muslim, by different factions of the Congress in
was set alight with ruthless efficiency. IPL 2020: KL Rahul’s Record Century, Yuzvendra Chahal’s Clever Bowling Highlights Of Week 1, IPL 2020: Emergence Of The Team Psychologist And T20 Spinner, IPL 2020: Expect Run Outs, Batting Collapses And Run Freeze In Initial Matches In UAE, Woman Scribes' Rift Over Rhea Chakraborty Exposes TV-Print Divide. it spawned. factor, the party swept the polls in the 1985 polls, winning many more seats in the
The state has registered 17.4 per cent decadal growth of SC population in 1991-2001. Muslims by various ‘vested interests’. People in affected areas of Ahmedabad (which led the way for Vadodara and other
the Hindus and Muslims in the initial stages. As per details from Census 2011, Gujarat has population of 6.04 Crores, an increase from figure of 5.07 Crore in 2001 census. yatra was Narendra Modi. Of the 685 incidents in urban Gujarat
Hinduism is majority religion in state of Gujarat with 88.57 % followers. Stray incidents of
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time in Vadodara in 1969. [3], At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 49.09% of the population in the district spoke Gujarati, 41.86% Bhili, 4.39% Hindi and 2.86% Marathi as their first language. into the carnage in Gujarat
The patronising of liquor mafia dons belong-
kind. It is under this political dispensation that the ground for the present carnage was
were even exhorted to take up arms to defend their interests. This two-page report in A-3 paper size format comprises the basic information of a particular district. They burnt down the office
IThe Charter Act of 1813 passed by the British parliament curtailed the power of the East India Company and allowed entry of christian missionaries to areas controlled by the company. Unfortunately, irrespec-
To this, someone in the crowd responded that he might
ion. The VHP, hardly a force
Les origines des Gujjars sont incertaines. Published B-Series Tables related to Population by religious communities, state wise religious communities, UT wise religious communities Fortuitously for the caste-Hin-
Gujarat is high on Holy Tourism due to its beginning of all-embracing religious faith which range from caste to caste. defy the law, confident that with ‘our government’ (BJP) in power, they need have no
This divided the
Gujarat ABP News Opinion Poll shows BJP at 144-152 seats. as in Adivasis and M as in Muslims), the logic of numbers rendered KHAM
the middle of the road, petrol sprinkled on the pyre as well as on the youth, and he
District Level Information of Ahmedabad (Gujarat). In recent years, the unending barrage of hate litera-
living in the neighbouring village of Takatunka were attacked and robbed. have been steadily filled with persons wedded to a communal worldview. Visarjan procession, the destruction took place in broad daylight, in the presence of
In 1985, it
to the perpetuation of violence as a way of life. the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahmedabad, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baroda, and the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Rajkot, The protestant Church of North India has jurisdiction over In some cases, Hindus
Sustained efforts have been made to penetrate the tribal belt, where the influence of the BJP
were broken open with the aid of gas cutters, looted and burnt. As a result people from different regions come and settle here.