Salem riots of 1882
The Salem riots of 1882 were serious Hindu-Muslim disturbances which took place in the city of Salem, Tamil Nadu, in the then Madras Presidency in August 1882.
Causes
The riots are believed to have originated by the objection of Hindus to the construction of a mosque by the Muslims of the Sevvoypettai area of the city of Salem on the path of a Hindu religious procession.[1] When the Hindus of Salem insisted upon their right to continue their procession through the mosque, riots followed.[2]
Events
Full-scale riots erupted in August 1882.
Aftermath
The atmosphere continued to remain tense till 1884. The police arrested a large number of
... the prosecution of the so called Salem Rioters and their convictions were the result of a premeditated design, hastily formed and executed in a vindictive spirit, not very honourable and utterly unworthy of a civilised Government....
One of the arrested suspects,
Notes
- ^ a b John Holland Rose; Arthur Percival Newton; Henry Dodwell; Ernest Alfred Benians (1929). The Cambridge history of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1. CUP Archive. p. 269.
- ^ W. Francis (1906). Gazetteer of South India. p. 62.
- ^ a b R. T. Parthasarathy (1953). Dawn and achievement of Indian freedom: being the life and times of C. Vijiaraghavachariar, patriot and thinker. p. 8.
Bibliography
- R. Suntharalingam (1968). The Salem riots, 1882: judiciary versus executive in the mediation of a communal dispute, Issue 78 of International conference on Asian history. Dept. of History, University of Malaya.