7 Worst Riots That Rocked India

1980 Moradabad riots: For Moradabad, communal riot is a usualthing , which now has become inextricable part of its history, present and future. So much so, that the western Uttar Pradesh town, which was established by Murad, the son of Mughal emperor Shahjahan, has now become a byname for communal clashes. There have been more than a dozen communal violence of small and big intensity during last thirty years. The 1980 riots in Moradabad were partly a Hindu-Muslim conflict, and partly a Muslim-Police conflict. It was started when a group of Muslims pelted stones at the local police for their refusal to remove a pig from the local Idgah on 13 August.

To this, the police responded with indiscriminate firing, which led to over hundred deaths. This was followed by a series of violent incidents which became religious in nature, and led to arson, looting and murders. These riots continued until November.Even though the tally of these clashes is still uncertain,  the government managed to recognizeand paycompensation for 400 deaths, while the unofficial estimates run as high as 2500. The riots to a great extent affected the city's famous brassware industry, which saw a sharp decline in the production and export figures.

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