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Line 58: {{main\|2002 Gujarat Violence}} In the morning of February 27, 2002, the Sabarmati Express - carrying cadres of the Hindu right from Ayodhya, where they had gone to express their vigorous support for building a temple at a legally and politically disputed site - was torched by a Muslim mob near Godhra railway station in Gujarat. The 16th century Mughal-built Babri mosque once stood at this site; Hindu militants razed it in December 1992 on grounds that a temple pre-existed the mosque. In February 2002, a train coach carrying predominantly Hindus pilgrims was torched by Muslims at Godhra railway station in Gujarat. Fifty eight people, including 25 women and 15 children were burnt alive in a train coach at Godhra Station. Incited by this act of terror, a few people in Gujarat reacted strongly and indulged in the act of counter terror. This reminds peoples' reaction prevailing at the time of Anti-Sikh riots following death of late prime minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi. As a result Gujarat was rocked by communal rioting in 2002, causing over 2,000 deaths of Muslims and widespread damage throughout the state. Fundamentalist Hindus as well as the governing [[BJP]] party has been blamed for planning attacks on Muslims in Gujarat. A retaliatory bloodbath followed in many parts of the state. Hindu mobs torched Muslim homes and businesses, killed Muslim men, women and children, and erased mosques and graves. Over 100,000 Muslims were pushed into the state’s ramshackle refugee camps, where basic amenities were minimal and living conditions abysmal. Fundamentalist Hindus as well as the governing [[BJP]] party has been blamed for planning attacks on Muslims in Gujarat. The [[Akshardham Temple]] in Gandhinagar was attacked on September 25, 2002 when two heavily armed Muslim terrorists. By the end of the attack, 29 people were killed and another 79 wounded. Apart from the 25 people killed in the first assault, 1 state police officer and 1 commando also died in the action. One more seriously injured commando Surjan Singh Bhandari died after about 2 years of being in coma fighting death. In the series Ex Home Minister Haren Pandya was assassinated in the wee hours of March 2003. ([[User:Sapovadia\|Sapovadia]] 13:40, 15 November 2007 (UTC))

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