The 1984 Bhiwandi riot was a Hindu-Muslim riot that occurred in May 1984 in and around Bhiwandi town in Indian state of Maharashtra. It left 146 people dead and over 600 injured.[1][2] On 17 May 1984, riots broke out in industrial belt from Bombay, Thane, and Bhiwandi. In all, 278 were killed and 1,118 were wounded.[3][4][5]
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- ↑ Bhiwandi riots: Four held from Malegaon. The Indian Express(20 July 2006).
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- ↑ Communal Riots in Post-independence India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Universities Press(1991). ISBN 8173701024
- ↑ Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay{{#if:Hansen|, Hansen}. Princeton University Press(2001). ISBN 978-0-691-08840-2