57 people die in
Godhra when a Muslim mob sets fire to a carriage on the
Sabarmati Express filled with
Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists returning from
Ayodhya en route to
Ahmedabad. After detaching the burned carriage, the train continues to
Vadodara, where Hindus beat and stab people leaving the train, killing one. A 17-year-old is later killed in Godhra by police trying to disrupt mobs.
Comedian
Spike Milligan dies from liver disease, aged 83.
57 people die in
Godhra when a Muslim mob sets fire to a carriage on the
Sabarmati Express filled with
Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists returning from
Ayodhya en route to
Ahmedabad. After detaching the burned carriage, the train continues to
Vadodara, where Hindus beat and stab people leaving the train, killing one. A 17-year-old is later killed in Godhra by police trying to disrupt mobs.
Comedian
Spike Milligan dies from liver disease, aged 83.