Gujarat communal riots (1969)
Religious violence broke out between Hindus and Muslims during September–October 1969, in Gujarat. It was the most deadly Hindu-Muslim violence since the 1947 partition of India.
The rioting started after an attack on a Hindu temple in Ahmedabad, but rapidly expanded to major cities and towns of Gujarat.
The violence included attacks on Muslim chawls by their Dalit Hindu neighbours.
Some 660 people were killed (430 Muslims, rest Hindus), 1074 people were injured and over 48,000 lost their property.
Anti-Sikh Riots (1984)
In the 1970s, Punjab had Sikh- autonomy and complained about domination by the Hindu.
In Indira Gandhi's attempt to "save democracy" through the Emergency, India's constitution was suspended, 140,000 people were arrested without due process, of which 40,000 were Sikhs.
Bhindranwale began to oppose the central government and moved his political base to the Darbar Sahib (Golden temple) in Amritsar, demanding creation on Punjab as a new country.
In June 1984, under orders from Indira Gandhi, the Indian army attacked the Golden temple with tanks and armoured vehicles
Thousands of Sikhs died during the attack.
In retaliation for the storming of the Golden temple, Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984 by two Sikh bodyguards.
Gujarat communal riots (1969)
Religious violence broke out between Hindus and Muslims during September–October 1969, in Gujarat. It was the most deadly Hindu-Muslim violence since the 1947 partition of India.
The rioting started after an attack on a Hindu temple in Ahmedabad, but rapidly expanded to major cities and towns of Gujarat.
The violence included attacks on Muslim chawls by their Dalit Hindu neighbours.
Some 660 people were killed (430 Muslims, rest Hindus), 1074 people were injured and over 48,000 lost their property.
Anti-Sikh Riots (1984)
In the 1970s, Punjab had Sikh- autonomy and complained about domination by the Hindu.
In Indira Gandhi's attempt to "save democracy" through the Emergency, India's constitution was suspended, 140,000 people were arrested without due process, of which 40,000 were Sikhs.
Bhindranwale began to oppose the central government and moved his political base to the Darbar Sahib (Golden temple) in Amritsar, demanding creation on Punjab as a new country.
In June 1984, under orders from Indira Gandhi, the Indian army attacked the Golden temple with tanks and armoured vehicles
Thousands of Sikhs died during the attack.
In retaliation for the storming of the Golden temple, Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984 by two Sikh bodyguards.
The assassination provoked mass rioting against Sikh.
The assassination provoked mass rioting against Sikh.
As a result of the pogroms 10,000–17,000 Sikhs were burned alive or otherwise killed, Sikh people suffered massive property damage, and at least 50,000 Sikhs were displaced.
Ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus
In the Kashmir region, 
Notices were placed on the houses of all Hindus, telling them to leave within 24 hours or die.
The proportion of Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir valley has declined from about 15% in 1947 to, by some estimates, less than 0.1% since the insurgency in Kashmir took on a religious and sectarian flavour.
Many Kashmiri Pandits have been killed by Islamist militants in incidents such as the Wandhama massacre and the 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre.
Anti-Christian violence
A 1999 Human Rights Watch report states increasing levels of religious violence on Christians in India, perpetrated by Hindu organizations.
In 2000, acts of religious violence against Christians included forcible reconversion of converted Christians to Hinduism, distribution of threatening literature and destruction of Christian cemeteries.
In Orissa, starting December 2007, Christians have been attacked in Kandhamal and other districts, resulting in the deaths of two Hindus and one Christian, and the destruction of houses and churches.
Hindus claim that Christians killed a Hindu saint Laxmananand, and the attacks on Christians were in retaliation. However, there was no conclusive proof to support this claim. Twenty people were arrested following the attacks on churches.Similarly, starting 14 September 2008, there were numerous incidents of violence against the Christian community in Karnataka.
HOWeVER, From all the examples of riots and violence in India are mainly the consequences of conflicts between religion and politics.
MOREOVER, its evident that all the violence is against the minority communities..
The Hindus being a majority community have always dominated and oppressed the minority.
SADLY
THERE IS ONLY DIVERSITY IN INDIA
THERE NO UNITY IN DIVERSITY
ALL VANISHED WITH POLITICS
INSPIRING INDIA
As a result of the pogroms 10,000–17,000 Sikhs were burned alive or otherwise killed, Sikh people suffered massive property damage, and at least 50,000 Sikhs were displaced.
Ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus
In the Kashmir region,
Notices were placed on the houses of all Hindus, telling them to leave within 24 hours or die.
The proportion of Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir valley has declined from about 15% in 1947 to, by some estimates, less than 0.1% since the insurgency in Kashmir took on a religious and sectarian flavour.
Many Kashmiri Pandits have been killed by Islamist militants in incidents such as the Wandhama massacre and the 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre.
Anti-Christian violence
A 1999 Human Rights Watch report states increasing levels of religious violence on Christians in India, perpetrated by Hindu organizations.
In 2000, acts of religious violence against Christians included forcible reconversion of converted Christians to Hinduism, distribution of threatening literature and destruction of Christian cemeteries.
In Orissa, starting December 2007, Christians have been attacked in Kandhamal and other districts, resulting in the deaths of two Hindus and one Christian, and the destruction of houses and churches.
Hindus claim that Christians killed a Hindu saint Laxmananand, and the attacks on Christians were in retaliation. However, there was no conclusive proof to support this claim. Twenty people were arrested following the attacks on churches.Similarly, starting 14 September 2008, there were numerous incidents of violence against the Christian community in Karnataka.
HOWeVER, From all the examples of riots and violence in India are mainly the consequences of conflicts between religion and politics.
MOREOVER, its evident that all the violence is against the minority communities..
The Hindus being a majority community have always dominated and oppressed the minority.
SADLY
THERE IS ONLY DIVERSITY IN INDIA
THERE NO UNITY IN DIVERSITY
ALL VANISHED WITH POLITICS
INSPIRING INDIA
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