[nukkad] Verdict is Yours : 113

["Rohit Mansukhlal" <>]

Post partition was this the first major Hindu-Muslim riots?
Ravi
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Godhra in north Gujarat was a scene of recurring riots. The events of
murder, loot, sabotage, arson, private shootings, police firings were so
frequent that this small town enjoys the dubious distinction of having
the longest, continuous, year long dusk to dawn curfew. The year was
1949. Things calmed down only after Sardar Patel had shipped off
miscreants to Pakistan. Like all muhajirs they preferred to settle down
in Karachi, naming their locality Godhra Muhalla.

Rohit Zaveri


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