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Dalit, Bahujans resist attempts to spread terror : Bhima Koregaon Written by Sushmita | Published on: January 1, 2018 Sanghi goons roaming in motorcycles instigate community residing at Koregaon to throw stones on groups gathered near Bhima river commemorating 200th anniversary of Bhima Koregaon. People assembled to pay their respects to the martyrs of Bhima Koregaon in Koregaon, 30 kms away from Pune, were taken aback as they found themselves confronting a sudden stream of stones raining down on them from the nearby houses. Thousands of Dalits Bahujan women and children gather every year at Bhima koregaon to commemorate the valiant battle that a regiment of 500 Mahars fought against a strength of approximately 28,000 soldiers of the Peshwa Kingdom. This was the first time in centuries of oppression and exploitation of the Peshwai and other castes that Mahars, a community among Dalits had waged an immaculate battle of emancipation against the Brahmanical seats of power. This year is special as it is the 200th anniversary of this battle. II. https://scroll.in/latest/863444/people-with-saffron-flags-allegedly-attack-dalits-heading-to-bhima-koregaon-memorial-near-pune People with saffron flags allegedly attack Dalits going to Bhima Koregaon memorial near Pune This annual gathering was to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the last Anglo-Maratha battle. by Mridula Chari Published Yesterday · 06:58 pm Updated Yesterday · 09:40 pm. People with saffron flags allegedly attack Dalits going to Bhima Koregaon memorial near Pune Nishad Wankhede/Twitter Clashes were reported on Monday near Bhima Koregaon, a village 30 kilometres north east of Pune in Maharashtra. Individuals with saffron flags reportedly pelted stones at cars going towards the village, where lakhs of people gather every New Year’s Day to commemorate the victory of the English, whose troops comprised mostly of Mahar soldiers, against the Brahmin Peshwa-led Maratha Empire in 1818. This is the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. “The situation is bad and there is trouble in all directions,” Police Inspector Ramesh Galande of the Shikrapur police station, under whose jurisdiction Koregaon Bhima falls, told Scroll.in earlier on Monday. In the evening, he said that the crowd had reduced. “We are still investigating which groups were involved in this. The situation is still tense, but the roads are open and cars and buses are plying normally.” Inspector Kunte of the Shirur police station said that personnel were also stationed at Vadhu Budruk, the village where Sambhaji Maharaj, the son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was murdered. This is also the village of Ganpat Gaikwad, who belonged to the Mahar caste and had conducted Sambhaji’s last rites in defiance of an imperial order from Aurangzeb. Kunte confirmed that there was an attack at Gaikwad’s memorial last week. On Sunday, Dalit and leftist groups commemorated the battle with a programme outside Shanivar Wada in Pune. This was the seat of the Peshwai, the Brahmin rulers of the Maratha Empire who rigidly enforced caste discrimination. The police had imposed Section 144 in the area since Sunday ahead of the commemoration event, a representative at the police control room of Pune Rural told Scroll.in. “We are waiting for updates from there,” the representative added. Pictures and videos on social media show that many cars and buses were battered, and some vehicles were set on fire. @aajtak @IndianExpress@thewire_in @scroll_in@ndtv @ndtvindia @BBCHindi @the_hindu@TOIIndiaNews @PTI_News @AP @AFP @AlJazeera_World @RT_com @CNN@abpnewstv India #Dalits r attacked in Koregaon #Pune Maharashtra when they come to celebrate Bicentennial of Bhima Koregaon Battle pic.twitter.com/N9n0VCH1FL — nibbananehan (@nibbananehan) January 1, 2018 INDIA: Section 144 imposed around Koregaon Bhima park in Pune, Maharashtra ahead of an event on '200 years of Bhima Koregaon battle' pic.twitter.com/OhN6UHRc83 — nibbananehan (@nibbananehan) January 1, 2018 मनु की औलादो का भीमा कोरेगांव में भीमसैनिको पर हमला। 50से अधिक गाड़ियों में तोड़फोड़ और काफी जगह आगज़नी की। पोलिस प्रशासन भी मनुवादियो के साथ।#BhimaKoregaon pic.twitter.com/CDgZvHtROg — 200YearsOfBhimaKoregaon (@nishadwankhade) January 1, 2018 A report on Sabrang India said that violence began around noon, when local villagers began to pelt stones at those near the site. Somnath Waghmare, a filmmaker who has made a documentary film on Bhima Koregaon, said this was the largest gathering he had seen at the site in the last five years. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
