Back ১৯৮০ মোৰাদাবাদ সংঘৰ্ষ Assamese ১৯৮০ মোরাদাবাদ দাঙ্গা Bengali/Bangla شورشهای ۱۹۸۰ مرادآباد Persian மொரதாபாத் கலவரம், 1980 Tamil 1980 مراد آباد فسادات Urdu
| 1980 Moradabad riots | |||
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| Part of Religious violence in India | |||
 Location of the Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh | |||
| Date | August–November 1980 | ||
| Location | |||
| Methods | Killing, Arson and Looting | ||
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The 1980 Moradabad riots happened in the Indian city of Moradabad during August–November 1980. When a pig entered the local Idgah during the Eid festival prayer on 13 August, local Muslims asked the police to remove the pig, but the police refused to do so. This led to a confrontation between the police and the Muslims.[1][2] The police responded with indiscriminate firing, which led to many deaths. This was followed by a series of violent incidents which became religious in nature, and led to arson, looting and murders.[3][4]
The violent incidents continued until November 1980. The total death tally is uncertain: Justice MP Saxena Committee's Report found 83 deaths in communal rioting.[5] However unofficial reports claim the death toll to be in several hundreds, as high as 2500.[3] The riots greatly affected the city's noted brassware industry, which saw a sharp decline in the production and export figures.[6]
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