A decade since Gujarat riots

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Updated On Mar 03, 2012 09:57 pm IST

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This file photograph taken February 28, 2002 shows a Bajrang Dal activist armed with an iron stick shouting slogans against Muslims as they went burning Muslim shops and attacked residences at Sahapur in Ahmedabad. (AFP photo/ Sebastian D'Souza/Files)

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This file photograph taken February 28, 2002 shows a Bajrang Dal activist armed with an iron stick shouting slogans against Muslims as they went burning Muslim shops and attacked residences at Sahapur in Ahmedabad. (AFP photo/ Sebastian D'Souza/Files)

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Women light candles during a ceremony in Ahmedabad to mark the 10th anniversary of the Godhra carnage, the country's worst sectarian violence in recent years. AP/Ajit Solanki

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Women light candles during a ceremony in Ahmedabad to mark the 10th anniversary of the Godhra carnage, the country's worst sectarian violence in recent years. AP/Ajit Solanki

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Suspended IPS officer from Gujarat Sanjeev Bhatt, along with grandson of Mahatma Gandhi Tushar Gandhi, addresses a press conference for the launch of the Black Ribbon campaign to mark the 10th anniversary of 2002 Gujarat violence, in Mumbai. PTI/Shashank Parade

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Suspended IPS officer from Gujarat Sanjeev Bhatt, along with grandson of Mahatma Gandhi Tushar Gandhi, addresses a press conference for the launch of the Black Ribbon campaign to mark the 10th anniversary of 2002 Gujarat violence, in Mumbai. PTI/Shashank Parade

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Police stand in front of the charred Sabarmati Express at Godhra Station on the 10th anniversary of Godhra carnage. PTI photo

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Police stand in front of the charred Sabarmati Express at Godhra Station on the 10th anniversary of Godhra carnage. PTI photo

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Survivors of 2002 post-Godhra violence look at photos of the victims at a programme to commemorate them on the 10th anniversary of the carnage, in Ahmedabad. PTI photo

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Survivors of 2002 post-Godhra violence look at photos of the victims at a programme to commemorate them on the 10th anniversary of the carnage, in Ahmedabad. PTI photo

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Survivors read the Koran as a child looks on during the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Godhra riots, the country's worst that killed some 2,500 people, in Ahmedabad. Reuters/Amit Dave

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Survivors read the Koran as a child looks on during the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Godhra riots, the country's worst that killed some 2,500 people, in Ahmedabad. Reuters/Amit Dave

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Zakia Jafari, wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim Ehsaan Jafari, visits her old house at Gulbarg Society, on the 10th anniversary of the carnage in Ahmedabad. PTI photo

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Zakia Jafari, wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim Ehsaan Jafari, visits her old house at Gulbarg Society, on the 10th anniversary of the carnage in Ahmedabad. PTI photo

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This photo shows the skyline of Ahmedabad filled with smoke as buildings are set on fire by rioting mobs. Photo: Wikimedia commons

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This photo shows the skyline of Ahmedabad filled with smoke as buildings are set on fire by rioting mobs. Photo: Wikimedia commons

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Then prime minister AB Vajpayee is seen in this file photo, inside the Sabarmati Express, after it was torched allegedly by a Muslim mob.

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Then prime minister AB Vajpayee is seen in this file photo, inside the Sabarmati Express, after it was torched allegedly by a Muslim mob.

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A file photo of rescue workers removing charred bodies from the Sabarmati Express coach in Godhra, Gujarat.

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A file photo of rescue workers removing charred bodies from the Sabarmati Express coach in Godhra, Gujarat.

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This file photo shows the inside of the charred coach of Sabarmati Express, allegedly torched by a Muslim mob.

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This file photo shows the inside of the charred coach of Sabarmati Express, allegedly torched by a Muslim mob.

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A file photo of a truck burning during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, seen as an aftermath to the Godhra train burning incident.

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A file photo of a truck burning during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, seen as an aftermath to the Godhra train burning incident.

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A file photo of a truck burning during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, seen as an aftermath to the Godhra train burning incident.

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A file photo of a truck burning during the 2002 riots in Gujarat, seen as an aftermath to the Godhra train burning incident.

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A man rides a rides a cycle in the desretd streets of Ahmedabad as shops burn in the background near Dilli Darwaza.The city has witnessed severe commuanal violence after the Godhra incident. Photo-:Kaushik Ramaswamy

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A man rides a rides a cycle in the desretd streets of Ahmedabad as shops burn in the background near Dilli Darwaza.The city has witnessed severe commuanal violence after the Godhra incident. Photo-:Kaushik Ramaswamy

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A file photo of the Sabarmati Express, a coach of which was allegedly burnt by a large Muslim mob.

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A file photo of the Sabarmati Express, a coach of which was allegedly burnt by a large Muslim mob.

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The Gujarat Files - Tiles with pictures and inscriptions of what Muslims consider holy have withstood the massacre in Sardarpura’s Sheikh Mohalla, which was torched by a mob in February 2002. HT Photo by Manoj Patil.

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The Gujarat Files - Tiles with pictures and inscriptions of what Muslims consider holy have withstood the massacre in Sardarpura’s Sheikh Mohalla, which was torched by a mob in February 2002. HT Photo by Manoj Patil.

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This, once a lively locality of 19 bungalows and ten flats housing upper middle class business families, was where 38 people, including former Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jaffri, were killed in the post Godhra riots. HT Photo by Manoj Patil

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This, once a lively locality of 19 bungalows and ten flats housing upper middle class business families, was where 38 people, including former Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jaffri, were killed in the post Godhra riots. HT Photo by Manoj Patil

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A file photo of Gulbarg society, a locality of 19 bungalows and 10 flats housing upper middle class business families, where 38 people died in the post Godhra riots.

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A file photo of Gulbarg society, a locality of 19 bungalows and 10 flats housing upper middle class business families, where 38 people died in the post Godhra riots.

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Prosecutor JM Panchal speaks to the media outside the Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. In February 2011, a court convicted 31 people of setting on fire a train with Hindu devotees in western Gujarat state in 2002 which had set off some of the country's worst religious riots since independence. (Reuters)

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Prosecutor JM Panchal speaks to the media outside the Sabarmati central jail in Ahmedabad. In February 2011, a court convicted 31 people of setting on fire a train with Hindu devotees in western Gujarat state in 2002 which had set off some of the country's worst religious riots since independence. (Reuters)

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Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during his day-long fast at Godhra, Gujarat on January 20, 2012. (Reuters)

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Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi during his day-long fast at Godhra, Gujarat on January 20, 2012. (Reuters)

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People participate in a candlelight vigil to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots as photographs of riot victims stand in the background in Ahmadabad. (AP Images)

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People participate in a candlelight vigil to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots as photographs of riot victims stand in the background in Ahmadabad. (AP Images)

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A Muslim woman holds a placard as she participates in a citizens' convention to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots in Ahmedabad. (AP Images)

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A Muslim woman holds a placard as she participates in a citizens' convention to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots in Ahmedabad. (AP Images)

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People surround the charred bodies of train passengers covered in sheets in Godhra, in Gujarat. (Reuters Photo)

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People surround the charred bodies of train passengers covered in sheets in Godhra, in Gujarat. (Reuters Photo)

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Rescue workers carry a charred body from a train carriage in Godhra, in Gujarat, February 27, 2002. Up to 56 people have died after a train carrying Hindu activists from the controversial site of a razed mosque was set on fire officials said. (Reuters)

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Rescue workers carry a charred body from a train carriage in Godhra, in Gujarat, February 27, 2002. Up to 56 people have died after a train carrying Hindu activists from the controversial site of a razed mosque was set on fire officials said. (Reuters)

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A man charged in connection of setting on fire a train is acquitted as he sits inside a bus outside the Sabarmati central jail in Gujarat. (Reuters)

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A man charged in connection of setting on fire a train is acquitted as he sits inside a bus outside the Sabarmati central jail in Gujarat. (Reuters)

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Supporters of Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi gather during Modi's day-long fast at Godhra in Gujarat on January 20, 2012.(Reuters)

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Supporters of Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi gather during Modi's day-long fast at Godhra in Gujarat on January 20, 2012.(Reuters)

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File photo: A member of a voluntary organisation carries a placard at a train station in Mumbai on February 27, 2003. About a dozen organisations took part in a campaign to draw attention to the victims of religious riots in Gujarat. (Reuters)

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File photo: A member of a voluntary organisation carries a placard at a train station in Mumbai on February 27, 2003. About a dozen organisations took part in a campaign to draw attention to the victims of religious riots in Gujarat. (Reuters)

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File photo of the Godhra train burning. The train was torched allegedly by a mob of Muslims in February 2002 which was followed by communal clashes in state of Gujarat. (Reuters)

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File photo of the Godhra train burning. The train was torched allegedly by a mob of Muslims in February 2002 which was followed by communal clashes in state of Gujarat. (Reuters)

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Riot victims look on as they stand in front of a poster during a ceremony in Ahmedabad. Hundreds of survivors of deadly religious riots gathered in western India on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of the country's worst sectarian violence in recent years even as rights groups blasted the local government for delaying justice. (AP Image)

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Riot victims look on as they stand in front of a poster during a ceremony in Ahmedabad. Hundreds of survivors of deadly religious riots gathered in western India on Monday to mark the 10th anniversary of the country's worst sectarian violence in recent years even as rights groups blasted the local government for delaying justice. (AP Image)

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