| 1997 Ramabai killings | |||
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| Part of Caste-related violence in India | |||
| Date | 11 July 1997 | ||
| Location | Ramabai colony, Mumbai 19°04′26.9″N 72°55′10.6″E / 19.074139°N 72.919611°E | ||
| Methods | Police violence | ||
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| Lead figures | |||
Manohar Kadam (SRPF sub-Inspector) | |||
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  Location within Mumbai  1997 Ramabai killings (Maharashtra) | |||
The 1997 Ramabai killings were a mass killing of Dalit residents of the Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar colony in Mumbai on 11 July 1997. A team of State Reserve Police Force members fired upon a crowd protesting the recent desecration of a statue of Constitution maker B. R. Ambedkar. 10 Dalits were killed and 26 injured in the incident.[1]
The statue of Ambedkar was defaced with a garland of shoes which angered the Dalits. The Dalits took to the street and the police opened fire killing 10 Dalits. Police officer Manohar Kadam, who allegedly ordered the firing, was released on bail in 2009.[2]
- ^ Smita Narula; Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999). Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's "untouchables". Human Rights Watch. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-56432-228-9.
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