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Anti-Urdu riots are series of clashes that erupted in and around Bangalore from 7 October 1994. Clashes took place between Pro - Kannada organisations and supporters of ruling Indian National Congress at Jagajeevanram Nagar neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
It also spread to many areas in city assuming a communal characteristic claiming 25 lives, injuries to more than 150 and losses of property worth more than 10 million US dollar.[1]
The riots were believed to be a reaction against a ten-minute telecast of Urdu news on India's national television channel, Doordarshan at prime-time. Amidst increasing communalism in Karnataka, some Kannada language organisations, as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal claimed was a political stunt by chief minister Veerappa Moily to gain political support among Muslims, which Moily denied and countered to by claiming they had attempted to communalize the broadcast.[2][3][4][5][6] This was the last serious incident of religious violence in Bangalore until 2007.[7] The riots stopped following decision to discontinue the news bulletin.[8]
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