The 'barracks of caste' in Bihar district

Bhojpur has always been caste-sensitive, Bhagalpur communally sensitive. The first district has seen 27 caste massacres with 173 deaths since 1976, and was the power centre of the Ranbir Sena, the now disbanded upper caste army. Bhagalpur in 1989 saw riots that left 1,070 dead, mostly Muslims.

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