The 1984 Bhiwandi riot was a Hindu-Muslim riot that occurred in May 1984 in and around Bhiwandi town in Indian state of Maharashtra. It left 146 people dead and over 600 injured.[1][2] On 17 May 1984, riots broke out in industrial belt from Bombay, Thane, and Bhiwandi. In all, 278 were killed and 1,118 were wounded.[3][4][5]
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- ↑ Ghosh, Srikanta (22 September 1997). "Indian Democracy Derailed Politics and Politicians". APH Publishing.
- ↑ "Bhiwandi riots: Four held from Malegaon". The Indian Express. 20 July 2006.
- ↑ Hansen 2001, p. 77
- ↑ Asgharali Engineer (1991). Communal Riots in Post-independence India. Universities Press. p. 330. ISBN 8173701024.
- ↑ Hansen, Thomas Blom (2001). Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-08840-2.
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