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party workers' mobs being aided by government officials who provided "trucks and state buses" as well as "weapons-including oil, kerosene, and other flammable materials". at 10 AM on 2 November, a truck and a bus carrying "200-250" Congress young men arrived at the village. They began attacking
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The media, the Sikh organizations, the politicians had all labeled the riots as the ‘Delhi riots’...We were scared and alone, what could we do? We did not have the time, resources or support to fight against the system. And to be honest, when you lose your whole world, your will to fight dies.
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1025:Ranjan, Rakesh (10 March 2011).
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1450:Assassination of Indira Gandhi
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1091:. ABC-CLIO. pp. 516–517.
952:. pp. 1–2. Archived from
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385:Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
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812:List of massacres in India
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320:1947 Kamoke train massacre
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1387:28 February 2011 at the
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