The 1925 Indian riots were sixteen communal riots which occurred throughout British India. Reported as being among the worst were in March in Delhi, during September in Aligarh, at Arvi in the Wardha district and in Solapur.Template:Sfn
Aligarh
The Aligarh riot occurred on 22 September 1925 in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in British India (now the state of Uttar Pradesh) . Of the 16 communal riots that occurred that year, it was counted as one of the most severe. The London Times wrote two stories on the riots.Template:Sfn The riot was confined to Aligarh,Template:Sfn which is in the top five of most riot prone cities in India.Template:Sfn According to a report from the Singapore Free Press, on 24 September 1925, it had been said the rioting was caused by Muslims throwing stones at Hindus during the festival of Ramlila, the Hindus retaliated and in the ensuing violence sixty Muslim men and women were injured and twelve Hindus were hospitalized.Template:Sfn
Sheikh Abdullah, at a Muslim League conference at Aligarh, likened the year-long violence to the Crusades and said that the most serious danger that Muslims had ever had to deal with was the ongoing Hindu resurgence.Template:Sfn The official number of those killed in the riot was six, four Muslims and two Hindus.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
References
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