1967 Ranchi-Hatia riots

Communal riots in India February 2019 February 2019 February 2019 1967 Ranchi-Hatia riots Religious violence in India August 1967 Ranchi Anti-Urdu agitationhttps://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19770831-in-bihar-language-often-created-a-political-and-communal-chasm-818936-2015-04-24 In Bihar, 'language' often created a political and communal chasm www.indiatoday.in August 31, 1977 20 December 2023 Communal violence Official: 156 103 Muslims 53 Hindus Official: 184Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs (India) 11 February 1968 Justice Raghubar Dayal Commission Report (August 1967). https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/JusticeRaghubar_18012019.pdf www.mha.gov.in 164 Muslims 19 Hindus 1 unverified The Ranchi-Hatia riots of 1967 were communal riots which occurred in 1967 in and around Ranchi in present-day Jharkhand, India. The riots happened between 22 and 29 August 1967. 184 people were reported killed and 195 shops were looted and set on fire.Indian Democracy Derailed Politics and Politicians Ghosh, S. Law Research Institute, Calcutta 1997 APH Publishing Corporation 9788170248668 https://books.google.com/books?id=RGyO0E86X1oC 81 2014-10-09 Background Troubles erupted between Hindus and Muslims in the towns of Hatia and Ranchi in Bihar. Rioting had already occurred in the district in 1964, following anti-Hindu violence in East Pakistan. The Raghubar Dayal Commission of Inquiry established that communal tensions (regarding the organization of the Hindu Ram Navami festival) had been rising since April 1964. During the March 1967 general elections, the situation further degenerated because of the debate over the Urdu issue. A proposal to declare Urdu the second official language of Bihar weakened the ruling coalition and led to state-wide, anti-Urdu agitation on the part of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and an organization called the Bihar Hindi Sahitiya Sammelan. Initial clashes Trouble erupted in Ranchi on August 22 after the brick-batting of an anti-Urdu student procession near Muslim Azad High School. The school was attacked and one Hindu was killed in retaliation. The Raghubar Dayal Commission of Inquiry reported 184 deaths in Ranchi - among them 164 Muslims and 19 Hindus. Violence spread, leading to arson, looting, stabbings, and large-scale rioting in the city itself as well as in nearby industrial towns, particularly Hatia, where 26 people died (25 Muslims and 1 Hindu).August 2024 References Jharkhand Category:Ranchi Category:Anti-Muslim riots in India Category:1960s in Bihar Category:History of Jharkhand Category:1967 in India Category:1967 murders in India Category:20th-century mass murders in India Category:Crime in Jharkhand Category:1967 riots Category:August 1967 in Asia Category:Looting in India Category:Building and structure arson attacks in India Category:Arson in the 1960s Category:1967 fires Category:1967 mass murders Category:Attacks on schools in India Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1967 Category:1960s fires in Asia Category:Attacks on schools in the 1960s