2002 CE · political violence security
Godhra Train Burning and 2002 Gujarat Violence
On 27 February 2002, a coach of the Sabarmati Express was burned at Godhra, killing 59 people, most of them Hindu pilgrims and kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya. The incident was followed by large-scale communal violence across Gujarat in which many hundreds of people, predominantly Muslims along with Hindus, were killed and many more were displaced.
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