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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 | '''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 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.[1] 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".[1]
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 tribe, whereas the east of the state (including Shillong) is mostly inhabited by members of the 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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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lawson, Alastair (30 September 2008). "Threats against Indian protest song". South Asia. BBC News. Retrieved 14 May 2013.