Communal riots occurred in Bihar, India from 24 October to 11 November 1946, in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families. The riots were triggered by the Great Calcutta Killings, as well as the Noakhali riots earlier that year. Mahatma Gandhi declared that he would fast unto death if the riots did not stop. The riots were part of a sequence of communal violence that culminated in the partition of India.[1][2]
Communal riots occurred in Bihar, India from 24 October to 11 November 1946, in which Hindu mobs targeted Muslim families. The riots were triggered by...
British exit from India. Also known as the 1946 Calcutta Killings, it was a day of nationwide communal riots. It led to large-scale violence between Muslims...
riots both before and after its independence. Here is a list of riots in India: List of massacres in India Religious violence in India List of riots in...
York City. October 24–November 11 – 1946Biharriots: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000...
first Muhajirs of Karachi arrived in 1946 in the aftermath of the Great Calcutta Killings and subsequent 1946Biharriots. The city's wealthy Hindus opposed...
The politics of Bihar, an eastern state of India, is dominated by regional political parties. As of 2021[update], the main political groups are Rashtriya...
on two Hindu women. As a reaction to the Noakhali riots, riots rocked Bihar towards the end of 1946. Severe violence broke out in Chhapra and Saran district...
tenure as governor of Bihar, the region witnessed communal violence between Muslims and Hindus, including the 1946Biharriots, which the All-India Muslim...
placed in charge of the refugee camps that houses Muslims fleeing the 1946Biharriots. He worked closely with the future President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur...
performing in India. Daughter Dorian was born in Calcutta during the 1946Biharriots; Rose went into labor and was rushed to the hospital by the military...
of 1946, between 30 October and 7 November, a massacre of Muslims in Bihar made Partition more likely. Begun as a reprisal for the Noakhali riot, it...
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led government in Punjab. This led to bloody communal riots in Punjab during the later part of 1946. By early 1947, the law and order situation in the province...
largest riots in British India after the 1857 revolt. Riots triggered by cow-killings erupted in Lahore, Ambala, Delhi, United Provinces, Bihar and other...
instances of human rights violations in Bihar, which led to the displacement of over 50,000 Muslims. The riots are said to have claimed the lives of thousands...
conditions within the camps and from the active murder/execution of prisoners. Riots and incidents where at least 100 people died are listed here. This section...
The 1947 Rawalpindi massacres (also 1947 Rawalpindi riots) refer to widespread violence, massacres, and rapes of Hindus and Sikhs by Muslim mobs in the...
September 1946, being unseated by an All-India Muslim League candidate. It is stated that Hosseini played an important role in the 1946 Noakhali riots. Ghulam...
largest riots in British India after the 1857 revolt. Riots triggered by cow-killings erupted in Lahore, Ambala, Delhi, United Provinces, Bihar and other...
Dalits in Bihar are a social group composed of many Scheduled Castes, placed at the bottom of the "caste-based social order". The Dalits also include...
Assassination leads to deadly anti-Sikh Riots in northern India, including Bihar. 1985: Pandit Bindeshwari Dubey sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister after Congress's...
Division of India (1946) Atmakatha (1946), his autobiography written during his 3-year prison term in Bankipur Jail Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, Some Reminiscences...
A Cabinet Mission went to India on 24 March 1946 to discuss the transfer of power from the British government to the Indian political leadership with the...
Bihar, where there were high Muslim casualty figures, and to Noakhali deep in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta of Bengal. Concerning the Noakhali riots,...
secretary of Communist Party of India Bihar unit. He was born on 16 November 1914 in the town of Bhagalpur, Bihar and Orissa Province at his maternal uncle's...
existing terminology of the states of India; For example, the state of Bihar calls its state armed police force "Military Police", which clashes with...
with the Congress and the political situation deteriorated. Hindu-Muslim riots began, and the Muslim League demanded a separate constituent assembly for...
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