The Moradabad riots began on 13 August 1980, Eid-ul-Fitr, when a dispute at the Eidgah led to police and PAC firing and a stampede, then months of communal vio…
An alleged assault and a police case.
Indira Gandhi is Prime Minister.
A clash follows.
Stones, firing, a stampede.
The sequence, and the disputes.
The SSP is injured too.
Army deployed.
Into early 1981.
RSS, 'foreign forces', Muslim groups.
Four counts, four scopes.
One-member inquiry.
No action taken.
Two leaders blamed; police cleared.
Rumours, peace committees, arms.
15 chief ministers later.
Found in a drive for untabled reports.
In the UP Assembly.
1983 to 2023.
Why hidden while the accused were alive?
Positions, not facts.
Its priest was killed in the riots.
Timing as a political tool, the authors argue.
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