Before Sambhal: When a train was halted for Holi and Haj pilgrims
New Delhi, It was Holi of 1999, the very day Haj pilgrims were to take a train from Uttar Pradesh’s communally sensitive town of Mau to Delhi. The situation was fraught - till the administration ...
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Remember the India that halted a train to keep Haj pilgrims clear of Holi gulal?
Before today’s Sambhal, there was an Uttar Pradesh that understood and allowed for communal sensitivities. That was in 1999, ...