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Scholarships after riots.


IN 2002, Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat saw around 2,000 Muslims killed. The spark was the burning of a train carriage in which, it was reported, 50 Hindus perished. Since then it has begun to emerge that the ruling pro-Hindu party in Gujarat may have orchestrated or·ches·trate  
tr.v. or·ches·trat·ed, or·ches·trat·ing, or·ches·trates
1. To compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra.

2.
 the pogrom pogrom (pō`grəm, pōgrŏm`), Russian term, originally meaning "riot," that came to be applied to a series of violent attacks on Jews in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th cent.  for electoral gains. The Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. According to the Constitution of India, the role of the Supreme Court is that of a federal court, guardian of the Constitution and the highest court of  has recently ordered the reopening Reopening

Treasury offerings of additional amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity date, CUSIP number, and interest rate as the original issue.
 of cases against the perpetrators that were 'closed' by the Gujarat State government.

Last March a group from the Action for Life, a programme of Initiatives of Change, went to Vallabh Vidyanagar, an exclusively educational township with 34 colleges started during Gandhi's Independence Movement. The township lies at the heart of Gujarat's Kheda district Kheda District has a population of 2,024,216 of which 20.08% were urban as of 2001. [1] It covers an area of 3,943 sq. km. Kheda city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district has over 600 villages. , from which the state government draws much of its support.

Two of the visiting group were Muslims from Kashmir. Their presence inspired CL Patel, the head of Charotar Vidya Mandal (CVM), which runs the 34 colleges, to offer ten full scholarships at any of their university colleges. By August, seven Kashmiri Muslims had already enrolled.
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Title Annotation:News Desk; Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat, India
Author:Khatri, Suresh
Publication:For A Change
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:9INDI
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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