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| 1986 Kashmir Riots/1986 Anantnag Riots | |
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| Part of the Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir | |
 Map showing Indian-administered Kashmir within the larger Kashmir region, with the Kashmir Valley highlighted in green | |
| Location | Anantnag, Kashmir, J&K, India |
| Coordinates | 34°02′00″N 74°40′00″E / 34.0333°N 74.6667°E |
| Date | February 1986 – March 1986[1] |
| Target | Kashmiri Hindus |
Attack type | Arson, riots, vandalism, looting[2][3] |
| Deaths | 2,000 |
| Perpetrators | Islamist militants, Islamist sympathisers |
The 1986 Kashmir Riots, also commonly referred to as the 1986 Anantnag Riots, were a series of attacks targeting Kashmiri Hindus in the Kashmir Valley of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in Anantnag district.[4]
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- ^ Tikoo, Colonel Tej K (2013). Kashmir: Its Aborigines and Their Exodus. Lancer Publishers LLC. pp. 397–. ISBN 978-1-935501-58-9.
- ^ Aiyar, Mani Shankar (2006), Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist, Penguin Books India, pp. 148–, ISBN 978-0-14-306205-9
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