1994 anti-Urdu riots

In October 1994, anti-Urdu riots that involved a series of clashes between took place in Jagajeevanram Nagar neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. 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. The riots resulted in over 25 deaths and around 150 people were injured.[1][2][3][4][5] This was the last serious incident of religious violence in Bangalore until 2007.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Hindus clash with Muslims, Indian Police". Washington Post. 9 October 1994. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. "URDU NEWS BROADCAST TRIGGERS 3-DAY RIOT IN WHICH 23 DIE IN BANGALORE". UCA News. 11 October 1994.
  3. "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.
  4. Rai, Saritha (31 October 1994). "Urdu news bulletin on Bangalore Doordarshan sparks off riots". India Today. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  5. Engineer, Asghar Ali (1994). "Bangalore Violence: Linguistic or Communal?". Economic and Political Weekly. 29 (44): 2854–2858. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4401963.
  6. "Police patrol riot-hit Bangalore, IT firms operate". Reuters. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

Notes
  • Nair, Janaki (2005). The promise of the metropolis: Bangalore's twentieth century. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 0195667255.


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