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The city of [[Mumbai]] (formerly Bombay) has had several riots in its history. This is a list of riots.

==Riots==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Riots in Mumbai
|-
! width="15%" | Name
! Year
! Locations
! Cause
! Factions
! Deaths
! Wounded
! Damage
! Ref
|-
| [[Bombay Dog Riots]]
| 1832 (6 to 7 June)
| South Mumbai
| Protest by [[Parsi]]s against the British government's killing of stray dogs
| [[Parsis]]
| None
| None
| N/A
| <ref name="maddog">Pg 125 {{cite book|last=Palsetia|first=Jesse S.|title=The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City|publisher=BRILL|year=2001|pages=368|isbn=978-90-04-12114-0}}</ref>
|-
| [[Parsi–Muslim riots]], 1851
| October 1851
|
| Protests by Muslims against the ''Chitra Dynan Darpan'' owned by a Parsee. The publication had printed a depiction of [[Muhammad]] and his history.
| Parsis <br />Muslims
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
|<ref name="maddog2">Pg 188–189 {{cite book|last=Palsetia|first=Jesse S.|title=The Parsis of India: Preservation of Identity in Bombay City|publisher=BRILL|year=2001|pages=368|isbn=978-90-04-12114-0}}</ref>
|-
| [[Parsi–Muslim riots]], 1874
| 13 February 1874
|
| Publishing of details of Muhammad in ''Famous Prophets and Communities'' by Rustomji Hormusji Jalbhoy
| Parsis <br /> Muslims
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| <ref name="maddog2" />
|-
| Bombay Riots of 1930
| 1930
| various
| Protests against the [[History of the British salt tax in India|Salt tax]]
| Indian <br /> British government
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| <ref name="nty">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/06/23/archives/troops-called-out-for-bombay-riots-but-deluge-sends-crowd-on-run.html|title=Troops called out for Bombay Riots|date=1930-06-23|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-09-18}}</ref>
|-
| 1992 [[Bombay riots]]
| December 1992, January 1993
| Various
| Protests over the demolition of the [[Babri Masjid]]
| Hindus<br /> Muslims
| ~900
|
|
|
|}

==See also==
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*[[List of massacres in India]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in India by city|Mumbai]]
[[Category:Riots and civil disorder in Mumbai| ]]
[[Category:Mumbai-related lists|Riots]]
[[Category:Lists of riots|Mumbai]]
[[Category:India history-related lists|Riots in Mumbai]]

List of riots in Mumbai - Revision history

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