Firing
18 Oct 1976
- In power
- INC — Uttar Pradesh
- Acted
- Police, Uttar Pradesh
On 18 and 19 October 1976 police fired in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, to deal with resistance to the sterilisation drive. The Shah Commission listed it among at least eight police firings in the state between August and December 1976 linked to the family planning programme, and reported that the firings at Gorakhpur, Muzaffarnagar and Pratapgarh together resulted in 12 deaths. The state government ordered inquiries into all the firings. [1]
- 12 killed in police firings at Gorakhpur, said Shah Commission (as reported to it) [1]
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The same action under other governments
For each party in power, its most recent firing in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.
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- 2022Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022In power: BRS — Telangana
- 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
- 2007Singur and Nandigram land acquisition protestsIn power: CPI(M) — West Bengal
- 2006Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha
- 1990Anti-Mandal agitation, 1990In power: Janata Dal — Odisha, Bihar, Delhi Police
Sources
- 1Shah Commission of Inquiry, Third and Final ReportShah Commission of Inquiry, Government of India (copy on Internet Archive), 6 Aug 1978T2 Court