Its mandate was later enlarged to include the investigation of the. Ajay bariya in his statements recorded by the police on 4. Sangh parivar is responsible for all the communal riots ever happened in india after the partition. Minister of state for home pradeepsinh jadeja tabled the report in the house, five years after it was submitted to the then state government. Report of the commission of inquiry headed by justice g. Apr 03, 2021 a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. As many as witnesses were examined during the trial and over items of documentary evidences were presented to the court. In context of the godhra riots, 2002, discuss the findings.
When justice becomes the victim stanford law school. Banerjee, retired supreme court judge, presenting its final report to the chairman, railway board, shri j. After referring to the incident of mohmad latika, he has stated that after the chain was pulled and the train had stopped, he had gone out of the station. Context key accused of godhra train burning case 2002. Nanavati part i into the godhra train burning incident addeddate. Feb 27, 2017 opinion preplanned inhuman collective violent act of terrorism. The final report of retired justice g t nanavati and ah mehta commission was tabled in december 2019 in gujarat legislative assembly. Mcq questions for class 12 political science chapter 9. This paper deals with the mass human rights violation of the muslimindian who suffered economically socially and legally after riot broke out in gujarat after godhra incident. At godhra station, the hawkers on the platform started stoning the train after an unsavoury incident, especially targeting coach s6, because some occupants of the coach had given offence. What modi got away with in the godhra case on the 15th anniversary of the godhra train burning, a recap of littleknown. Godjra from the original on 23 march it ordered that the sit would be the nodal agency for deciding about witness protection and also asked that it file supplementary charge sheets and that it may cancel the bail of the accused.
Sep 08, 2016 after the sabarmati incident, he was the only local muslim leader allowed by the district administration to run a relief camp for riot victims for several months in godhra. Aug 21, 2016 on 14th of jul, 2004, the new railway minister announced a fresh probe into the godhra incident. Narendra damodardas modi a born 17 september is an indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of india since he is the first prime minister outside of the indian national congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after atal. Godhra incident news and updates from the economic times. Get godhra incident latest news, videos and photos also find breaking news, updates, information on godhra incident. Its mandate was later enlarged to include the investigation of the 2002 gujarat riots.
And now, its connected to the adobe document cloud. The godhra riots in 2002 represented a fundamental shift in indias polity and was also a testing ground for political hindutva. Facts speak for themselves godhra and after, a field study by justice d. It gave a clean chit to modi, as well as to police, the bjp, the vishwa hindu parishad and the bajrang dal. I think the current title, godhra train burning, satisfies wp. The commission set up by the government of gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the. This paper looks into ups and downs of the cases related to these riots and its check by judiciary.
Preplanned inhuman collective violent act of terrorism. Gujarat godhra was a threeday period of intercommunal violence in the western indian state of gujarat. Sabarmati express train incident of godhra, report by the commission of inquiry, ahmedabad september 18, 2008, web. Adobe acrobat reader dc software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on pdf documents. Sifting fact from fiction, july 20, by the same author written originally in october 2014. The violence was ignited on february 27 by an attack in godhra. The communal divide, as it is called, is still salient, and religious riots have become. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the way in which the indian media covered and reported the 1984 sikh riots and the 2002 gujarat godhra riots.
Injuries were suffered by another 48 passengers in the train. In the city of ahmedabad and in gujarats central provinces, a state of exception ruled for approximately three weeks. Over twelve years, several inquiry commissions the tewatia committee 2010, the nanavati commission 2008, the special investigation team 2011 under the supreme court. Hc to hear appeals of godhra carnage incident from february 18 11 feb, 2015, 01. The riots were largely the outcome of the anger over the godhra train burning incident. Avilash kumbhar national law university orissa academia. Godhra is a road and rail junction and a commercial centre for timber and agricultural produce. Pogrom in gujaratis a study of an antimuslim pogrom in gujarat, india, that began on february 28, 2002, and lasted for three daysapproximately seventytwo hours. Dec 12, 2019 another allegation made by the leftdominated academia was that the godhra trainburning incident the event that sparked the violence in the state was either an accident or an insidejob. Voices from narendra modis gujarat, manushi publications, delhi. The burning of a train in godhra on 27 february 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from ayodhya, is cited as having instigated the violence.
Congress is not raising godhra khand because if they do so the bjp, will raise gujarat asmita, which will destroy congress party completely. To probe the godhra train burning incident of 27 february 2002. Pdf 2002 gujarat riots studying the controversy with. The first report of the commission was submitted in 2008. The postgodhra violence, as it is called, continued unceasingly for four months and.
A coach of the traincoach s6was set ablaze and 59 passengers travelling in that coach were charred to death. The godhra train incident is what most reports about the violence in gujurat, india point to as the starting point for the barbarism and massacre of muslims that followed. Industries include oilseed pressing, flour milling, and glass manufacture. Today, february 27, it will be 15 years since the godhra incident that lit the flames of a massive sectarian conflagration. In context of the godhra riots, 2002, discuss the findings of. Gujarat high court commutes 11 death sentences bulletin of india english dailyhunt. Nov 19, 2014 post godhra riots took place within a very short time of the incident in the godhra railway yard.
The high level committee on godhra fire incident, headed by justice u. However, four months after the incident, investigators are still looking for vital clues. Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. The nanavatimehta commission is the commission of inquiry appointed by the government of gujarat to probe the godhra train burning incident of 27 february 2002. The court judgment on the godhra train fire is out. For godhra, it wasnt first case of burning alive hindu.
In february 2011 a special fast track court convicted thirtyone muslims for the godhra train burning incident and the conspiracy for the crime dipda darwaza case on 9 november 2011, a court in ahmedabad sentenced thirtyone hindus to life imprisonment for murdering dozens of muslims by burning a building in which they took shelter. Oct 12, 2020 godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 february 2002, in which 59 people died in a fire inside the sabarmati express train near the godhra railway station in the indian state of gujarat. He had also taken delegations to meet dignitaries like congress president sonia gandhi, former prime minister deve gowda, and the then defence minister george fernandes. Godhra, city, northeastern gujarat state, westcentral india. Its statesponsored conspiracy from day1 but sit ignored it. United states commission on international religious freedom. In the godhra incident itself one mob of hindus and one mob of muslims collected and were about to. Tell us a little bit about the structure of the report. Godhra train massacre in the proposal is overly sensationalist and is rarely used to describe the incident.
In may this year 2014, the people of india chose their prime minister. Mcq questions for class 12 political science chapter 9 recent. But from what has already appeared in media certain observations are relevant. Godhra fire accidental, says banerjee panel todays paper. The burning of a train in godhra on 27 february 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 hindu pilgrims karsevaks re. Pdf gujarat violence and struggle for justice journal of. Two of such horrific communal riots have been the 1984 sikh riots and the 2002 gujarat godhra riots. It is the administrative headquarters of the panchmahal district.
The coverage by the indian media on both the incidents received intense criticisms. The media gave wide publicity to the godhra incident and the incidents that happened thereafter which lead the people to indulge in communal violence. Pdf mass human rights violation in gujarat riots 2002. Dec 12, 2019 the riots were largely the outcome of the anger over the godhra train burning incident. Oct 09, 2017 on february 27, 2002, sabarmati express arrived at godhra station in gujarat. The godhra train burning was an incident that occurred on the morning of 27 february 2002, in which 58 hindu pilgrims karsevaks returning from ayodhya, were killed in a fire inside the sabarmati express train near the godhra railway station in the indian state of gujarat the commission set up by the government of gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the details. Officials rationalized the violence as a reactionpratikriyato the aggression of its victims. The february 2002 sabarmati train fire, which killed 59 kar sevaks and triggered large scale riots, was part of a conspiracy hatched by congresss elected members from godhra, according to a reference book on the political history of gujarat published by a state board. Pdf the godhra riots, postscript, the masterminds nicole. Mar 20, 2019 the godhra burning was investigated by a sit and on march 1, 2011, a special court convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 while accepting the prosecutions argument that there was a conspiracy to burn coach s6 of the sabarmati express. According to official sources 790 muslims and 254 hindus were killed. Debunking the previous national democratic alliance regimes conspiracy theory behind the fire incident in the ahmedabadbound sabarmati express at godhra on february 27. Largescale communal violence in gujarat began on february 27, 2002, when a train carrying hindu activists was attacked in the town of godhra.
Truth behind godhra train burning incident youtube. The 2002 gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 gujarat violence and the gujarat pogrom, was a threeday period of intercommunal violence in the western indian state of gujarat. Nanavati commission and the findings on 2002 godhra train. It lies on a plain east of the mahi river and about 40 miles 65 km northeast of vadodara. The complete judgment needs to be read before passing opinion. The shoddy investigation into the incident and the gujarat riots expose inefficiencies of indias justice system and will encourage. Findings about modi the commission quoted modi as having told it that he was being kept informed about the incident. This scribe wrote on the godhra train fire three months and again six months after the event. Hindumuslim communal riots in india ii 19862011 sciences po. The role of the media during communal riots in india. Within hours of the godhra incident the government said that the carnage was preplanned by. On 27 february 2002, godhra train was taking hindi pilgrims home and at every stop they would step outside and start yelling slogans.
This is why it is critical to understand exactly what happened there. Tehelka magazine claims to have dug up the 600page godhra sit report, including modis deposition, to assert that the sit report reveals a shameful coverup on 3 december 2010, a leading. Oct 10, 2017 godhra train carnage accused arrested after years gujarat hc rejects zakia jafris plea challenging lower court order upholding clean chit to modi godhra train burning. The report is available on the website of the gujarat government. Jadhav is the main complainant in the interim chargesheet on the infamous godhra carnage, which triggered the worstever backlash against muslims in gujarat.
About 1,000 lives were lost in the ensuing communal riots. Jul 26, 20 zakia jaffry, widow of the former congress mp ehsan jaffry killed in the 2002 riots, has made a serious allegation that there was plenty of evidence to suggest there was a statesponsored conspiracy t. Nov 22, 2019 the godhra train burning incident of february 27, 2002, had triggered the worst communal riots in the history of gujarat, in which over 1,000 people were killed. The fiction of fact finding, by manoj mitta it will certainly believe when you are visiting pick this publication. Godhra train burning the reader wiki, reader view of.
Pdf gujarat violence and struggle for justice journal. Godhra fire accidental, says banerjee panel todays. Godhra train tragedy was a conspiracy hatched by congress. The commission was formed to probe the 2002 godhra train carnage and the riots that followed.
Questions raised then apparently remain unanswered. The judgment unambiguously states that there was a conspiracy behind the train fire. The first question is who really masterminded the conspiracy. Wilkinson argues that ethnic riots are best thought of as a solution to the problem of how to.
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