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	'''Black Friday''' was a [[massacre]] on 30 September 2005 in the towns of [[Tura, India\|Tura]] and [[Williamnagar]], in [[Meghalaya]], [[India]] when police shot and killed nine protesters during a protest against the state government's decision to transfer the education board from Tura to the state capital, [[Shillong]].<ref name="BBC News">{{cite ~~web~~\|last=Lawson\|first=Alastair\|title=Threats against Indian protest song\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7642533.stm\|work=South Asia\|publisher=BBC News\|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> They were the single largest acts of violence in those towns since the [[Indian Independence Movement]]. Friday, 30 September 2005 became known locally as "Black Friday".<ref name="BBC News"/>		'''Black Friday''' was a [[massacre]] on 30 September 2005 in the towns of [[Tura, India\|Tura]] and [[Williamnagar]], in [[Meghalaya]], [[India]] when police shot and killed nine protesters during a protest against the state government's decision to transfer the education board from Tura to the state capital, [[Shillong]].<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news\|last=Lawson\|first=Alastair\|title=Threats against Indian protest song\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7642533.stm\|work=South Asia\|date=30 September 2008 \|publisher=BBC News\|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> They were the single largest acts of violence in those towns since the [[Indian Independence Movement]]. Friday, 30 September 2005 became known locally as "Black Friday".<ref name="BBC News"/>

	The decision of the state government (to move the education board) was extremely unpopular in the west of [[Meghalaya]] because the area is predominantly made up of members of the [[Garo people\|Garo]] tribe, whereas the east of the state (including Shillong) is mostly inhabited by members of the [[Khasi people\|Khasi]] tribe. Protesters complained that the transfer meant that the west of Meghalaya would be bereft departments, given all were transferred east.		The decision of the state government (to move the education board) was extremely unpopular in the west of [[Meghalaya]] because the area is predominantly made up of members of the [[Garo people\|Garo]] tribe, whereas the east of the state (including Shillong) is mostly inhabited by members of the [[Khasi people\|Khasi]] tribe. Protesters complained that the transfer meant that the west of Meghalaya would be bereft departments, given all were transferred east.

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'''Black Friday''' was a [[massacre]] on 30 September 2005 in the towns of [[Tura, India|Tura]] and [[Williamnagar]], in [[Meghalaya]], [[India]] when police shot and killed nine protesters during a protest against the state government's decision to transfer the education board from Tura to the state capital, [[Shillong]].<ref name="BBC News">{{cite web|last=Lawson|first=Alastair|title=Threats against Indian protest song|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7642533.stm|work=South Asia|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> They were the single largest acts of violence in those towns since the [[Indian Independence Movement]]. Friday, 30 September 2005 became known locally as "Black Friday".<ref name="BBC News"/>

The decision of the state government (to move the education board) was extremely unpopular in the west of [[Meghalaya]] because the area is predominantly made up of members of the [[Garo people|Garo]] tribe, whereas the east of the state (including Shillong) is mostly inhabited by members of the [[Khasi people|Khasi]] tribe. Protesters complained that the transfer meant that the west of Meghalaya would be bereft departments, given all were transferred east.

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[[Category:Meghalaya]]
[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in India]]
[[Category:2005 in India]]
[[Category:2005 riots]]

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