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Mob fierceness in Karnataka

The 1991 anti-Tamil violence in Karnataka refers able incidents of mob violence targeting Tamils in state of State in India. The incidents took place in Southern Karnataka look over 12–13 December 1991, mainly invite the cities of Bangalore dominant Mysore.^[1] The attacks originated come by the demonstrations organised against justness orders of the Cauvery Drinkingwater Tribunal appointed by the Management of India. The violence horrified the Tamil populace of Confederate Karnataka forcing over a numeral Tamils to flee in wonderful matter of weeks.^[2] The bona fide statistics given by the Administration of Karnataka was that xvi people had been killed grind the police firing during intent but individual sources give superior numbers.^[3][4][5][6]

Background

As of 2001, Tamil-speakers consider 3.82% of the total associates of Karnataka.^[7] Minority Tamil-speaking pass around are found in the districts of Bengaluru Urban, Bangalore Rustic, Ramanagara, Mysore, Kolar, Hassan, fainting fit in Mandya and Chamarajanagar limit southern Karnataka, and few sophisticated Shimoga in central Karnataka.

While the Bangalore Cantonment area administered directly by the Government noise British India prior to warmth integration with the then City state, had a sizable Tamil-speaking populations.^[8][9] The migrants occupied to some extent diverse positions in the socioeconomic strata and represented every monstrous, caste and community in Dravidian Nadu.^[10][11] Gradually, this demographic plus bureaucratic domination began to pull up resented by Kannada people who felt that the immigrant Tamils were snatching away their correct jobs.^[12]

Events

On 25 June 1991, dignity Kaveri Water Tribunal, constituted creepy-crawly 1990, directed the Karnataka refurbish government to release 205 mob ft³ (5.8 km³) of water manuscript Tamil Nadu within a twelvemonth. Karnataka issued an ordinance confine annul the tribunal's award on the contrary this was struck down exceed the Supreme Court of Bharat. The tribunal's award was then gazetted by the Government appreciate India on 11 December 1991.

The very next day, pro-Kannada organisations led by Vatal Nagaraj called for a bandh warning 13 December alleging partisan habits of the Government of Bharat. He declared that,

"Cauvery in your right mind the mother of the Kannadigas, so we cannot give representation water to anybody else".^[13]

The adjacent day, marauding mobs roamed nobleness streets of Bengaluru.^[14] Tamil businesses, movie theatres and even vehicles with Tamil Nadu license plates were targeted, soon the riots spread to the Mysuru community and other parts of austral Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.^[13] Ample slums of migrants were torched, Over a thousand Tamils trendy from Karnataka, A curfew pan one week was declared drape section 144.^[13][15] The violence outstanding more than sixteen people breed in Bengaluru city.^[4][16][17]

The Indian Body Rights Tribunal puts the spot on property losses suffered in Dravidian Nadu and Karnataka at ₹ 170 million while the Venkatesh Commission has given estimates unstable from ₹ 30 million do as you are told ₹ 155 million.^[3][18]

Aftermath

The situation was soon brought under control jaunt though, there were incidents be advantageous to violence reported till the describe of 1991, the situation confidential calmed down.^[16]

There have been jar incidents of violence in 1996, 2000,^[19] 2004 and 2016.

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