“It was 1964…Another wave of riots between Muslims and Hindus killed over one hundred people after a relic was stolen from a mosque in Srinagar. Among the communists in India there was dissent over the border war with China two years before. A breakaway group, sympathetic to China, called itself the Communist Part of India, Marxist: the CPI (M).”
Religious conflicts elicit riots which culminate in deaths. Additionally, ideological conflicts are rife in India. Communism spills over to India resulting in the establishment of a party that endorses communism. Therefore, India is marred with religious and ideological conflicts in 1964.
“In May it was reported that a group of peasants, male and female attacked a police inspector with bows and arrows, killing him. The next day the local police force encountered a rioting crowd on the road. An arrow struck one of the sergeants in the arm, and the crowd as told to disband. When it didn’t the police fired. Eleven people were killed. Eight of them were women.”
Conflicts between civilians and police are evident. The civilians, although not armed, employ arrows which are more available than sophisticated guns, a factor that makes the riots bloody nonetheless. Had the crowd dispersed as demanded by the sergeants, the deaths would have been averted.
