Pogrom in Gujarat : Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim violence in India /

In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. The ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party blamed Gujarat's entire Muslim minority for the tragedy and incited fellow...

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Main Author: Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
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