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Current Affairs UPPSC 2002 GS-I
Question

Godhara Massacre happened on:

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Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: 27 th Feb. 2002 in Sabarmati Express Train

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “27 th Feb. 2002 in Sabarmati Express Train ”.
The Godhra train burning occurred on the morning of 27 February 2002: 59 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks returning from Ayodhya were killed in a fire inside the Sabarmati Express near the Godhra railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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