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Secular Fabric Torn Asunder

  • Sep 1991: Shiv Sainiks dig up the pitch at Wankhede Stadium before Indo-Pak match
  • Dec 6, 1992: Riots over Babri Masjid
  • Jan 6-20, 1993: Second round of riots
  • Mar 12, 1993: Serial bomb blasts, 257 killed
  • Mar 1994: Communal tension over release of Mani Ratnam’s film "Bombay"
  • Oct 1996: Sainiks demonstrate against one of artist M.F. Husain’s paintings outside his house
  • Nov 1997: Vandalisation of Ambedkar’s statue sparks off riots
  • Apr 1998: Ghulam Ali’s concert disrupted
  • May 1998: Bajrang Dal activists ransack artist M.F. Husain’s house over a painting of Sita
  • Jul 1999: Bal Thackeray asks Dilip Kumar to return Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, to show his loyalty to India
  • Feb 2001: Shiv Sena disrupts Valentine’s Day celebrations
  • Aug 2001: Bajrang Dal activists attack Catholic priest Oscar Mendonca in Thane
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