Uttarakhand Movement

Uttarakhand movement is termed to the events of statehood activism within the state Uttar Pradesh which ultimately resulted in a separate state Uttarakhand of the Republic of India. Uttarakhand became a separate state off Uttar Pradesh at 9 November 2000. It is notable that the formation of Uttarakhand was achieved with a very long struggle and heavy sacrifices. The first demand of Uttarakhand arose in 1897 and there had gradually been rising demand for a separate state several times. In 1994, the demand for statehood eventually took the form of mass movement that resulted in the forming of the country's 27th state by 2000.

Events of the movement

Khatima firing case

1 September 1994 is considered the darkest day of the Uttarakhand movement, such as police brutality since the day before the operation was not to look elsewhere. Indiscriminate firing by the police without warning the activists were up, resulting the death of seven activists.

Mussoorie firing case

On 2nd September 1994, to protest against the police excesses in the Khatima firing, a silent march was taken out in Mussoorie. At Jhulaghar, the constabulary opened fire on unarmed protestors leading to the death of Belmati Chauhan, Hansa Dhanai, Balbir Singh, Rai Singh Bangari, Madan Mamgain and Dhanpat Singh and Circle Officer Uma Kant Tripathi. Some eighteen people were treated for bullet injuries.

Rampur Tiraha (Muzaffarnagar) firing case

The activists, part of the agitation for the separate state of Uttarakhand, were going to Delhi to stage a dharna, a sit-in protest at Raj Ghat on Gandhi Jayanti, the following day, when alleged unprovoked police firing in the night of 1 October led to the death of six activists, and some women were allegedly raped and molested in the ensuing melee. Mulayam Singh Yadav was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, when the incident occurred. Eight policemen, including three Inspectors were proven guilty and prosecuted in the resulting case.^[1]

Dehradun firing case

3 October 1994 in Muzaffarnagar reach Dehradun reported case, people were bound to be fierce. Meanwhile, in this case, Martyr Late Ravindra Rawat situation after the funeral and fierce battles with the police and protesters in the entire Dehradun, which is already prepared to suppress the uprising in any condition The police firing, which has killed three people in the movement.

Late Rajesh Rawat's death was caused by the firing from the house of then Samajwadi Party leader Suryakant Dhasmana.

Kotdwar case

3 October 1994 meeting was boiled in protest scandal Uttarakhand Muzaffarnagar police administration was ready to suppress any kind of them. This link is also movement in Kotdwar, containing two activists by the police beating of rifle killed Bton and poles.

Nainital firing case

At the opposite extreme in Nainital, but in the hands of intellectuals led by the police could not do anything, but he took it out over the Pacific Pratap Singh, who works at the hotel. Soldiers drawn from the hotel to avoid when it ran on Meghdoot Hotel, then was shot dead in his neck.

Sriyantra Tapu (Srinagar) case

Srinagar town situated 2 km Sriyantra Tapu activists on 7 November 1994, against all repressive and isolated incidents Uttarakhand for the fast unto death started. 10 November 1994 the police climb to the island caused a havoc, many people have serious injuries, police said two men in order rifles from the dead butt and sticks-poles Alaknanda River was thrown in and the rain of stones, two of which died.

There bodies were not recovered by police till 15 days and Government bodies did not make any attempt to find the bodies, This information got spread and reached out to chairman of ex serviceman group (Virendra Prasad Kukshal), when he heard about the incident he sat for " Amaran Anshan" for 7 days, due to this Government bodies started the search and recovered the bodies. On 14 November 1994 deadbodies of the two martyrs were found floating in the Alaknanda river near Bagwan.