
Sabarmati Train Tragedy: Unraveling Political Motives and Fallout
On February 27, 2002, a fire on the Sabarmati Express at Godhra station claimed the lives of 59 Hindu pilgrims, mostly Karsevaks returning from Ayodhya. This incident, marked by brutal communal violence in its aftermath, ignited widespread riots in Gujarat, reshaping India’s political landscape and intensifying the secular-communal divide. The event’s implications reach far beyond…