Kawal

Kawal is a village in the Muzaffarnagar district of western Uttar Pradesh in northern India.[1] It lies between two rivers - the Ganges (Ganga) in the East and Yamuna in the West. It also lies between two branches of the Ganges Canal, an old canal of the River Ganges.

Kawal
Word
Kawal
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Kawal
Kawal (India)
Coordinates: 29°20′0″N 77°51′0″E
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMuzaffarnagar
BlockJansath
Elevation
232 m (761 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-12
Nearest townJansath
Lok Sabha constituencyBijnor
Websiteup.gov.in

History

In 2013, a dispute between Hindus and Muslims in Kawal triggered the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.[2] On 7 September 2013, over 150,000 people from the neighbouring states of Haryana and Delhi gathered in Kawal village for a "Jat Mahapanchayat", many of them carrying weapons. There had been allegations of a Muslim man harassing a Hindu girl followed by the murder of two young Jat men and a Muslim youth. The gathering was called to show solidarity of Hindu groups against Muslims. After the gathering, scores of vehicle carrying peacefully returning Jat youth were burned and many of the bodies were never recovered, as per estimate 23 tractors and 7 bikes were burned and washed away in Ganges till Bulandshahar but SDM of Jansat only reported 13 in his report to then CM and PM. Many of the victims reportedly killed were Gyanendra Singh (chairman of Nagar Panchayat Bhokhrahi), Udayveer Singh Rampal, Pratap Singh and Manoj from Rahmatpur village, Ajay Kumar of Rahmatpur, Sonveer Singh of Bhokhrahi and Brijpal of Baseda.[3] In other incidents , by 8 September, "over 50 people had already been murdered, a number of women allegedly raped, and several thousand people displaced.[4]". Girls from the village stopped going to school and requested then chief Minister of U.P. Akhilesh Yadav to provide alternate road to their school.[5] All 7 accused of the murder of the both the Jat boys have been awarded life imprisonments by Muzaffarnagar District court[6] in Feb 2019 while the counter-case towards the Jat men is still going and charges have framed.[7]

Geography

It is located at 29.33° N 77.85° E. It has an average elevation of 232 meters (761 feet) above Mean Sea Level (MSL).

Demographics

Its population is approximately 12,000. It is a very sensitive village in terms of both the communities.

References
  1. Integrated Management Information System (IMIS)
  2. Indian troops fail to quell Hindu-Muslim riots
  3. Staff, IndiaFacts (3 April 2014). "The real truth about the Muzaffarnagar riots: Part 6". IndiaFacts. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. Dixit, Neha. "Akhilesh Yadav in the family business". The Caravan. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. Staff, IndiaFacts (3 April 2014). "The real truth about the Muzaffarnagar riots: Part 6". IndiaFacts. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. "Muzaffarnagar Riots: Seven Accused in Kawal Jats Murder Case Sentenced to Life Imprisonment". News18. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. Oct 19, Mohd Dilshad | TNN |; 2019; Ist, 12:56. "Muzaffarnagar riots: Court charges 6th and last accused with murder in Kawal case | Meerut News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 January 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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