Caused by the municipal council's decision to remove the 200-year-old dargah
Casualties
Death(s)
8
Injuries
42
Vadodara
Location of riots in Gujarat, India
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The 2006 Vadodara riots also known as the 2006 Dargah riots occurred on 1 May of that year in the city of Vadodara in the state of Gujarat in India.[1][2] The riots were caused by the municipal council's decision to remove the dargah (shrine) of Syed Chishti Rashiduddin, a medieval Sufi saint.[3] The shrine was between two and three hundred years old.[4][5] The incident resulted in six to eight people being killed and forty-two injured, 16 of these were from police shooting.[4][6]
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