Dalit pride march creates history in Gujarat


August 15th is India’s Independence Day. This year the most significant of Independence Day celebrations will take place in Una, Gujarat.

Una was the town that recently witnessed this cruel and inhuman public flogging of Dalits for allegedly killing cows.

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On July 31st more than ten thousand Dalits converged for a mega meeting at Ahmedbad in protest against Dalit atrocities taking place all over the country.

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Mob leaders let off in Gujarat massacre case verdict

February 28, 2002, Ahmedabad, India

A mob of thousands of Hindus led by leaders of Hindutva organisations including the ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, attacked Gulberg housing society in which mainly Muslims lived. They brutally murdered around 70 persons, gang raped 10-12 women and burnt down scores of houses as handful of policemen watched. Among those killed was a former member of Indian Parliament,

After the massacre- Indian Express archive photo

After the massacre- Indian Express archive photo

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