Explained: The 1927 riot in Nagpur and how RSS foiled the Muslim template of violence
The day was 4th September 1927. Author M. G. Chitkara in his book ‘Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: National Upsurge ’ writes about their nefarious agenda – “A huge procession armed with lethal weapons and shouting war cries like “Allah-ho-Akbar”, etc. The plan was to sneak into the lanes and by lanes after reaching the Mahal area and attack the unguarded Hindu families, and loot and plunder their homes.“ Screengrab of a report by The New York Times dated 7th September 1927 Amid chants of ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’, the Muslims began entering the Hindu lanes only to see their plans fail. A report published by the American newspaper, New York Times, dated 7th September 1927 stated – “The casualties in the Nagpur Hindu-Moslem riots up to this morning total twenty-five killed and 180 injured.“ Resistance by the RSS RSS biographer C.P. Tapan Basu on Page 20 of his book ‘Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flags: A Critique of the Hindu Right ’ grudgingly notes – “The Nagpur riot vastly enhanced RSS prestige, for the word spread around that a hundred Hedgewar boys had successfully repulsed a violent Muslim mob.“ The most significant development of 1927 was perhaps the paradigm shift in Hindus on how they responded to Muslim aggression and street veto.
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