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1980 Moradabad Muslim massacre
On 13 August, as Muslims were celebrating Eid throughout India, police & PAC opened fire on the Moradabad Eidgah where around 40,000 Muslims had gathered to offer prayers.Around 300 Muslims were killed.
Congress was in power in both state & center
On 13 August, as Muslims were celebrating Eid throughout India, police & PAC opened fire on the Moradabad Eidgah where around 40,000 Muslims had gathered to offer prayers.Around 300 Muslims were killed.
Congress was in power in both state & center
Compare that to Jallianwala Bagh, where thousands had gathered on the day of Baisakhi to celebrate and protest. The army under the command of Dyer opened fire, killing around 400 people. The similarities do not end there. In both cases, the victims were fired upon and confined
to closed spaces with only one exit point which was blocked. Then MP Syed Shahabuddin called the Moradabad firing the Jallianwala Bagh of independent India. And rightly so.
BJP leader and external affairs minister MJ Akbar, who was a young journalist at that time, reported from
BJP leader and external affairs minister MJ Akbar, who was a young journalist at that time, reported from
