TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lahiri,Prateep K 
TI  -  Decoding intolerance : riots and the emergence of terrorism in India
SN  - 9788174367433
U1  - 363.3250954 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi, 
PB  - Roli Books
KW  - General
KW  - History
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Riots
N2  - The rioting in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, in 1961 was a watershed event for India. After the Partition, it was the first time such large-scale communal violence had taken place. The author, Prateep K. Lahiri on his first posting, was involved in bringing the situation under control. Some time later in 1969, as district magistrate of Indore, Lahiri played a key role in dealing with the outbreak of communal violence in that city. While the violence in both instances appeared to have been spontaneously provoked by an incident - just like in Gujarat in 2002 - the reasons that later emerged for the rioting revealed the deeper malaise which continues to affect our social system

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