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Major incidents of communal violence in UP in 2013
Communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh has grabbed the attention of the entire nation with numberous clashes occuring in a single year. Here are a list of them in just 2013.
January 4: Dhammaur village of Sultanpur district — 12 injured
January 25: Sibbiganj village in Bareilly district — 7 injured
January 28: Chandausi area in Sambhal district — 3 injured
March 3: Aliganj town of Ambedkar Nagar district — Hindu Yuva Vahini leader Rambabu Gupta shot dead
March 4: Nakkash area in Sambhal district — 1 killed
March 5: Nagina town of Bijnore district — 17 injured
March 7: Rupaidiha area of Bahraich — 5 injured in clash following desecration of religious place
March 12: Nidhauli Kala of Etah — 4 injured, 6 vehicles set afire
March 26: Kairana town of Shamli — 5 injured
July 27: Nagla Mal village in Meerut — 2 killed, 12 injured
July 31: Lucknow — 6 injured
August 6: Bhadaurganj area of Rampur district — 7 injured
August 9: Amroha district — 17 injured
August 9: Rasulpur Dhauri village in Meerut — no casualties
August 12: Machlishahar area of Jaunpur — clash between two communities over a dog. The police took the dog into custody to restore peace
August 16: Bulandhshahar — 4 injured in fire exchange
August 25: Jhansi — no casualties
August 27: Khair area of Aligarh district — boycott of one community by another
August 27: Kawal in Muzaffarnagar — 3 killed
August 28: Chibramua area of Kannauj district — 2 injured
September 3: Shamli district — 1 dead, 3 injured
(Source: Police records)
