Anti-Urdu riots are series of clashes that erupted in and around Bangalore from 7th October 1994. Clashes took place between Pro - Kannada organisations and supporters of ruling Indian National Congress at Jagajeevanram Nagar neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
It also spread to many areas in city assuming a communal characteristic claiming 25 lives, injuries to more than 150 and losses of property worth more than 10 million US dollar.[1]
Background
The riots were believed to be a reaction against a ten-minute telecast of Urdu news on India's national television channel, Doordarshan at prime-time. Amidst increasing communalism in Karnataka, some Kannada language organisations, as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal claimed was a political stunt by chief minister Veerappa Moily to gain political support among Muslims, which Moily denied and countered to by claiming they had attempted to communalize the broadcast.[2][3][4][5][6] This was the last serious incident of religious violence in Bangalore until 2007.[7] The riots stopped following decision to discontinue the news bulletin.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "urdu news broadcast triggers 3day riot in which 23 die in bangalore". ucanews.com. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Hindus clash with Muslims, Indian Police". Washington Post. 9 October 1994. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "URDU NEWS BROADCAST TRIGGERS 3-DAY RIOT IN WHICH 23 DIE IN BANGALORE". UCA News. 11 October 1994.
- ^ "War of Words Turns Fatal in India : Violence: Dispute over Urdu language being used on a 10-minute TV broadcast leads to riots, 17 deaths". Los Angeles Times. 9 October 1994.
- ^ Rai, Saritha (31 October 1994). "Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots". India Today. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Engineer, Asghar Ali (1994). "Bangalore Violence: Linguistic or Communal?". Economic and Political Weekly. 29 (44): 2854–2858. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4401963.
- ^ "Police patrol riot-hit Bangalore, IT firms operate". Reuters. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots". India Today. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
Notes
- Nair, Janaki (2005). The promise of the metropolis: Bangalore's twentieth century. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 0195667255.