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What is reason for Delhi violence?
| 2020 Delhi riots | |
|---|---|
| Caused by | Hate speech provocation confrontation CAA Protests mass mobilization religious nationalism |
| Goals | Preventing Citizenship Amendment Act protests Ethnic and religious persecution |
| Methods | Rioting arson burglary shooting |
| Casualties |
What is Delhi violence?
On the eve of February 23, riots broke out in Northeast Delhi between Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and pro-CAA protestors. The violence took a communal turn and led to the death of over 53 people over the course of next 10 days. More than 200 were left injured.
What was the impact of riots during partition in Delhi?
As a result, the population of Delhi swelled, the kinds of jobs people did changed, and the culture of the city became different. Days after Indian Independence and Partition, fierce rioting began. Thousands of people in Delhi were killed and their homes looted and burned.
What was Delhi riot case?
In the first conviction in a Northeast Delhi riots case, a Delhi court Monday convicted a man accused of trespassing into a woman’s home and setting it on fire on February 25, 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt convicted Dinesh Yadav under sections of rioting and arson of the IPC.
What are the effects of partition of India?
The two self-governing independent Dominions of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 15 August 1947. The partition displaced between 10 and 20 million people along religious lines, creating overwhelming refugee crises in the newly constituted dominions.
What was the impact of partition?
The Partition of India had a huge impact on millions of people living in India in the 1940s. In August 1947, British India won its independence from the British and split into two new states that would rule themselves. This forced millions of people to leave their homes to move to the other state.