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== Background == | == Background == | ||
Dhulagarh is a small industrial and business hub in Howrah District.<ref name="dm28122016">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/dhulagarh-riots-west-bengal-muslims-hindus-mamata-banerjee-eid-milad/story/1/14783.html|title=How Mamata tore the secular fabric of Bengal into shreds|last=Merchant|first=Minhaz|date=28 December 2016|work=DailyO|accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> It is only 20 km from [[Nabanna]], the seat of state government in the city of Howrah and only 28 km from [[Kolkata]]. Dhulagarh falls under [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla block]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/MinorityPopulation/Population_howrah.htm|title=Block Wise Details of Minority Population as Census 2001: Howrah|publisher=West Bengal State Marketing Board|accessdate=31 December 2016 | Dhulagarh is a small industrial and business hub in Howrah District.<ref name="dm28122016">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/dhulagarh-riots-west-bengal-muslims-hindus-mamata-banerjee-eid-milad/story/1/14783.html|title=How Mamata tore the secular fabric of Bengal into shreds|last=Merchant|first=Minhaz|date=28 December 2016|work=DailyO|accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> It is only 20 km from [[Nabanna]], the seat of state government in the city of Howrah and only 28 km from [[Kolkata]]. Dhulagarh falls under [[Panchla (community development block)|Panchla block]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/MinorityPopulation/Population_howrah.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210161338/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/MinorityPopulation/Population_howrah.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2012|title=Block Wise Details of Minority Population as Census 2001: Howrah|publisher=West Bengal State Marketing Board|accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> In the second decade of 21st century the occurrences of [[communal violence]] have sharply increased in West Bengal. In 2013 there were 106 instances of communal violence in West Bengal compared to the previous years which had an average of 15-20 each year.<ref>http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/communal-clashes-soar-in-bengal/ | ||
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