COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN INDIA – A CRITICAL STUDY
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India the biggest democratic country stands in unity with diversity with people from different religious, customs, dialects etc. live together harmoniously. Violence a curse to humanity has affected the most of our societies by various ways. Violence with if different form physical, sexual, verbal or psychological scares the humanity to a large intent whether inflicted by the group, individuals, organisations, nations and soon. In India violence has taken the shape of communal due to different community religion and different group of people. It is also sometimes provoked by the political parties for then over interest which causes the great damage to the common people and the sovereignty of nation. The relationship between violence and religion became a central concern after the attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Recent in the world wide religion is the source of inspiration for the violence and non- violence activity. In India, communal violence is a major issue in peace breaking and disturbing the law and order with society. In the country like India where religion, customs, language and culture vary place to place raises a gap of harmony, brotherhood among them. The followers of one religious group differ from the follower of other religious group and it leads to Riot. Sometime these communal violence happens due to the laws of the society. Some are the famous communal violence in the form of rioting 1992 - Bombay riots( Protest over the demolition of the Babri masjid ),2002 – Gujarat riots (The burning of a Train in Godhara) these are the some leading cases and there are many more riots.
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