- Rajesh Tyagi/ 3.1.2018
Reactionary, caste based violence has gripped entire Maharasthra, after caste groups clashed in Bheema Koregaon, near Pune, in the dawn of the New Year. The riots, erupting in the aftermath of the clash, still continue to spread around.
Violence took off after the saffron organizations Hindu Ekta Aghadi and Shivaji Pratishthan attempted to stop the commemoration by Amebdkarites of a two century old, 1818 battle, in which the forces of British East India Company had succeeded in preventing the takeover by Peshwas of the city of Pune, then under British occupation. British Colonialists had since erected a war monument in memory of its 49 victims in the battle, only 22 out of which are believed to be Mahar Dalits.
Violence took off after the saffron organizations Hindu Ekta Aghadi and Shivaji Pratishthan attempted to stop the commemoration by Amebdkarites of a two century old, 1818 battle, in which the forces of British East India Company had succeeded in preventing the takeover by Peshwas of the city of Pune, then under British occupation. British Colonialists had since erected a war monument in memory of its 49 victims in the battle, only 22 out of which are believed to be Mahar Dalits.
