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Communal Riots in Hyderabad: Understanding the Causes
The communal violence in Hyderabad in early April was the result of decades of abandonment of the Old City and its people by secular parties and the almost complete neglect of basic administration. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or the Majlis party, which has been strengthened by the communal politics of other parties, is today helping to revive Hindu communalism through its own politics of keeping religious divides alive. Establishing a good and impartial administration and opening up the space for secular politics is the only way to break out of this trap.
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| Communal Riots in Hyderabad: | peasant revolt now known as the Telangana armed struggle. |
| Understanding the Causes | Whatever good the Nizam had done for the Hyderabad State was lost in these few |
| years ending September 1948, when he | |
| finally had to surrender to the govern- | |
| By a Correspondent | ment of India. Atrocities committed by his |
The communal violence in Hyderabad in early April was the result of decades of abandonment of the Old City and its people by secular parties and the almost complete neglect of basic administration. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen or the Majlis party, which has been strengthened by the communal politics of other parties, is today helping to revive Hindu communalism through its own politics of keeping religious divides alive. Establishing a good and impartial administration and opening up the space for secular politics is the only way to break out of this trap.
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