1927 Nagpur riots

Ethnic violence in British India April 2017 November 2019 1927 Nagpur riots 4 September 1927 Nagpur, Central Provinces and Berar, British Raj 27 200+ { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "title": "Mahal, Nagpur", "description": "Epicenter of the September 1927 procession dispute", "marker-symbol": "circle", "marker-color": "#d9534f" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [79.1086, 21.1444] } } ] }thumb|right|The Central Provinces and Berar within the British Indian Empire (1909).thumb|right|Location of Nagpur district. The Nagpur riots of 1927 were part of series of riots taking place across various cities in British India during the 1920s. Nagpur was then the capital of Central Provinces and Berar (CP&B) state of British India which covered most of the central India. The riots occurred on 4 September 1927.https://books.google.com/books?id=12gUo6OkvjEC&q=nagpur+riots&pg=PA159 Pakistan – The Heart of Asia READ BOOKS Khan, Liaquat Ali 2007 157–159 978-1-4067-4352-4 Liaquat Ali Khan On that day, there was a procession for Mahalakshmi, which was blocked by Muslims when it came to the Muslim neighbourhood. In the afternoon, there was rioting near the Hindu houses of the neighbourhood, which continued for three days.https://books.google.com/books?id=ifuxzl9NM5sC&q=nagpur+riots&pg=PA249 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh APH Publishing Chitkara, M. G. 2004 249–250 978-81-7648-465-7 Background right|thumb|150px|K. B. Hedgewar founded Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after the 1923 riots. The mutual trust between Hindu and Muslim communities had reached a low in the 1920s, and riots were seen frequently across many cities of India. In 1923, India witnessed eleven riots, in 1924 there were eighteen riots, in 1925 there were sixteen riots, and in 1926 there were thirty five riots.https://books.google.com/books?id=qvvgOvby58YC&q=nagpur+riots+of+1923&pg=PA165 Gandhi in His Time and Ours Orient Blackswan Hardiman, David 2003 165–166 978-81-7824-114-2 In the twelve months from May 1926 to April 1926, 40 more riots occurred across various cities. They mostly occurred in Bengal, Punjab, North-West Frontier Province and United Provinces. The Lahore riots of August 1927 were the most deadly recorded riots in this series. The earlier riot of 1923 was caused when the members of Hindu Mahasabha took out a procession and passed in front of a mosque, playing loud music. The Muslim community objected, starting a skirmish between the two parties. These riots had a profound impact on K. B. Hedgewar, prompting him to form, in 1925, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization and one of the largest Hindu organizations in the world.https://books.google.com/books?id=r3rAQDUm898C&q=nagpur+riots&pg=PA291 Lineages of the Present Verso Ahmad, Aijaz 2002 291 978-1-85984-765-7 Christophe Jaffrelot in his book The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics records a testimony saying that Hedgewar led the Ganesha procession in 1927, beating the drums in defiance of the usual practice not to pass in front of the mosque with music.https://books.google.com/books?id=uywnx2IHH8cC&q=nagpur+riots&pg=PA34 The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics C. Hurst & Co. Publishers Jaffrelot, Christophe 1996 40 978-1-85065-301-1 All these events acted as a catalyst building up the tensions between two communities. Riots Monday, September 4, was the day of Laxmi Puja. Like every year, Hindus took out a procession of Lakshmi in front of the mosque in the palace area. But this year, Muslims stopped the procession because they were playing loud music this time. There was an atmosphere of tension on both sides.^ AB Chitkara, M. G. (2004). Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. APH Publishing. pp. 249–250. 978-81-7648-465-7 The Washington Post reported 22 had been killed and more than 100 injured in riots that continued for two days.https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/119683726.html?dids=119683726:119683726&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=SEP+08%2C+1927&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=HINDU-MOSLEM+RIOTS+RESULT+IN+22+KILLED&pqatl=google https://web.archive.org/web/20110525142719/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/119683726.html?dids=119683726:119683726&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=SEP+08,+1927&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=HINDU-MOSLEM+RIOTS+RESULT+IN+22+KILLED&pqatl=google dead 25 May 2011 HINDU-MOSLEM RIOTS RESULT IN 22 KILLED 8 September 1927 The Washington Post (1877–1954) 10 January 2009 Later, the government ordered troops into the city to restore peace.https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D15FB3E581B7A93CAA91782D85F438285F9 25 DEAD, 180 INJURED IN CREED RIOTS IN INDIA; Troops Are Called to Quell TwoDay Hindu-Moslem Fight at Nagpur. 8 September 1927 The New York Times 10 January 2009 During the riots, the RSS had grouped its cadres in 16 shakhas, spread out across the city to protect the Hindu communities.Martin E. Marty F. Scott Appleby R. Scott Appleby American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fundamentalisms and the State University of Chicago Press 1991 241 978-0-226-50884-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=doCmVaOnh_wC&q=Nagpur+riots+september+1927&pg=PA241 Aftermath Many homes and religious places had been vandalized and Hindus had also been killed in large numbers including 13 RSS members who were lynched by a furious Muslim mob. RSS had showcased its role in defending Hindus during the riots.Alyssa Ayres Philip Oldenburg India Briefing M.E. Sharpe 2005 118–119 978-0-7656-1593-0 https://archive.org/details/indiabriefingtak00alys registration nagpur riots. The popularity of the organization grew as the news of the incident spread across the country, and it saw a spurt in its membership.https://books.google.com/books?id=CimVTTVHtwQC&q=after+1927+riots+RSS&pg=PA18 Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags Orient Blackswan Basu, Tapan 1993 19–20 978-0-86311-383-3 Sarkar, Tanikahttps://books.google.com/books?id=h2OsOjnujSUC&q=after+1927+riots+RSS&pg=PA132 Religion, Power & Violence SAGE Puniyani, Ram 2005 132 978-0-7619-3338-0 By 1929, the organization formed an elaborate hierarchical structure. Between 1931–1939, the number of its branches grew from 60 to 500. The membership count had reached 60,000 by this time. 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