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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''''chalo''''' (Hindi "let's go") demonstrations were a series of protests against the treatment of Dalits during 2016 in response to [[cow vigilante violence in India since 2014]]. Some examples and extra information can be found on the page detailing the [[2016 Una flogging incident|Una Flogging Incidents]]. <br />
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''Chalo Una'' ("Let's go to Una") on the fourth of August 2016, was a demonstration of an estimated 10,000 people proposing to march from [[Ahmedabad]] to [[Una, Gujarat]] over 10 days to protest the flogging of four [[Dalit]] men caught skinning a cow.<ref>The Quint [https://www.thequint.com/news/india/chalo-una-gathering-in-huge-numbers-dalits-show-strength-in-una-jignesh-mevani-radhika-vemula-kanhaiya-kumar Chalo Una: Hundreds of Dalits Vow Never to Dispose off Dead Cattle]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Harsh|first=Mander|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96y8DwAAQBAJ&q=%22India's%20Lynchings%3A%20Ordinary%20Crimes%2C%20Rough%20Justice%2C%20or%20Command%20Hate%20Crimes%22.&pg=PT172|title="India's Lynchings: Ordinary Crimes, Rough Justice, or Command Hate Crimes.", Violence in South Asia: Contemporary Perspectives.|publisher=Taylor and Francis|year=2019|isbn=9781000733402|location=|pages=Chapter 10}}</ref><br />
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One month later, on October fourth, the ''Chalo Udupi'' rally and march set out from [[Freedom Park, Bangalore]] to [[Udupi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/chalo-udupi-a-fight-to-make-voices-of-dalit-women-heard|title=Chalo Udupi: A Fight To Make Voices of Dalit Women Heard|website=The Wire}}</ref> in response to the murder of a Dalit, Praveen Poojary, on the assumption that he was transporting cows to a slaughter house.<ref>[[The Hindu]] August 21, 2016 [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Three-more-arrested-in-Praveen-Poojary-murder-case/article14581667.ece Three more arrested in Praveen Poojary murder case]</ref> Other demonstrations, such as ''chalo Trivandrum'', followed in October 2016.<ref>[[Times of India]] Oct 17, 2016, 08:19 IST [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/After-chalo-Una-dalits-now-plan-chalo-Trivandrum/articleshow/54889490.cms After chalo Una, dalits now plan chalo Trivandrum]</ref><br />
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[[Category:Hinduism and cattle]]<br />
[[Category:Caste-related violence in India]]<br />
[[Category:Arson in India]]<br />
[[Category:Conflicts in 2016]]<br />
[[Category:2016 in India]]<br />
[[Category:Protests in India]]<br />
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