Turkman gate demolition and rioting

Name: Turkman gate demolition and rioting
Start: 1976

1976 CE.

Shown on the map at 28.642°, 77.233°.

The Turkman gate demolition and subsequent massacre was an infamous case of political oppression and police brutality during the Emergency when, on 31 May 1976, residents of Old Delhi were killed by police while protesting a slum clearance. An official account of the number of people killed at Turkman gate is not available and a media blackout ensued in the wake of the massacre. One local guide claimed that nine of his friends were killed by the police. More than ten bulldozers razed illegal structures and homes, and protestors were fired upon by police.

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