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| title = 1967 Ranchi-Hatia riots<br />
| partof = [[Religious violence in India]]<br />
| date = August 1967<br />
| place = [[Ranchi]]<br />
| causes =Anti-[[Urdu]] agitation<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19770831-in-bihar-language-often-created-a-political-and-communal-chasm-818936-2015-04-24|title=In Bihar, 'language' often created a political and communal chasm|website=www.indiatoday.in|date=August 31, 1977|access-date= 20 December 2023}}</ref><br />
| goals = Communal violence<br />
| injuries= '''Official''': 156<br />
*103 Muslims <br />
*53 Hindus<br />
| fatalities = '''Official''': 184<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Home Affairs |first=Government of India |author-link=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |date=11 February 1968 |title=Justice Raghubar Dayal Commission Report (August 1967).|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/JusticeRaghubar_18012019.pdf |website= www.mha.gov.in}}</ref><br />
*164 Muslims<br />
*19 Hindus<br />
*1 unverified<br />
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The '''Ranchi-Hatia riots''' of 1967 were communal riots which occurred in 1967 in and around [[Ranchi]] in present-day [[Jharkhand]], [[India]].<br />
The riots happened between 22 and 29 August 1967. 184 people were reported killed and 195 shops were looted and set on fire.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Indian Democracy Derailed Politics and Politicians|author1=Ghosh, S.|author2=Law Research Institute, Calcutta|date=1997|publisher=APH Publishing Corporation|isbn=9788170248668|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RGyO0E86X1oC|page=81|accessdate=2014-10-09}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Troubles erupted between Hindus and Muslims in the towns of [[Hatia]] and Ranchi in Bihar. Rioting had already occurred in the district in 1964, following anti-Hindu violence in [[East Pakistan]]. The Raghubar Dayal Commission of Inquiry established that communal tensions (regarding the organization of the Hindu [[Rama Navami|Ram Navami festival]]) had been rising since April 1964. During the [[1967 Indian general election|March 1967 general elections]], the situation further degenerated because of the debate over the [[Urdu]] issue. A proposal to declare Urdu the second [[official language]] of Bihar weakened the ruling coalition and led to state-wide, anti-Urdu agitation on the part of the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]], and an organization called the Bihar Hindi Sahitiya Sammelan.<br />
==Initial clashes==<br />
Trouble erupted in Ranchi on August 22 after the brick-batting of an anti-Urdu student procession near Muslim Azad High School. The school was attacked and one Hindu was killed in retaliation. The Raghubar Dayal Commission of Inquiry reported 184 deaths in Ranchi - among them 164 Muslims and 19 Hindus. Violence spread, leading to arson, looting, stabbings, and large-scale rioting in the city itself as well as in nearby industrial towns, particularly Hatia, where 26 people died (25 Muslims and 1 Hindu).{{cn|date=August 2024}}<br />
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