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Ahead of Koregaon Bhima battle anniversary, administration issues prohibitory order

Ahead of Koregaon Bhima battle anniversary, administration issues prohibitory order

Ahead of Koregaon Bhima battle anniversary, Pune district administration issues prohibitory order

30/12/2021

Devdiscourse / by pti

On January 1 every year, Dalits, mainly from the Mahar community, visit the Jaystambh, a victory pillar at Perne village raised by the British in memory of the soldiers who fought bravely against the Peshwas in the Battle of Koregaon Bhima. As per the prohibitory orders issued by the collector, posting of content that can spread rumors, create hatred in communities, posting misleading information on social media platforms, has been prohibited.
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An Indian village braces for a New Year’s tribute to the downtrodden

26/12/2021

Los Angeles Times / by Parth M.N. & David Pierson

Each New Year’s Day, tens of thousands of people travel to a village in western India called Koregaon Bhima to visit a war memorial that has become a sacred monument to the country’s downtrodden castes.
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Also read:
● India’s Hindu Nationalist Project Relies on Brutal Repression (Jacobinmag / April 2021)
● Let’s Remember the Lesson of Bhima Koregaon: Down with the New Peshwai (Sanhati│by Sudhir Dhawale│March 2018)

IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to appear before Koregaon Bhima inquiry panel

IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to appear before Koregaon Bhima inquiry panel

IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to appear before Koregaon Bhima inquiry panel

28/12/2021

The Times of India / by Vishwas Kothari

Senior IPS officer and then Pune police commissioner Rashmi Shukla is scheduled for deposition before the Koregaon Bhima inquiry panel during the hearing to be held in the city from January 18 to 22 next year.
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Also read:
● Bhima Koregaon: The Mystery of Fadnavis’ Terms of Reference (Rediff.com / Dec 2021)

Koregaon Bhima: Commission of Inquiry gets another extension of 6 months

Koregaon Bhima: Commission of Inquiry gets another extension of 6 months

The Indian Express / by Express News Service

The two-member commission, headed by retired high court justice J N Patel with former chief secretary Sumit Malik as the other member, was constituted by the state government on February 9, 2018, to inquire into the “exact sequence” of events that led to violence on the 200th anniversary of Battle of Koregaon Bhima on January 1 that year.
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Also read:
● Bhima Koregaon: The Mystery of Fadnavis’ Terms of Reference (Rediff.com / Dec 2021)
● Casting a Veil – What we miss by ignoring Maratha caste politics in the Bhima Koregaon case (The Caravan / Dec 2020)
● Let’s Remember the Lesson of Bhima Koregaon: Down with the New Peshwai (Sanhati / March 2018)

Organisers undecided on third edition of Elgar Parishad / Bhim Army chief to address rally on 1 Jan

Organisers undecided on third edition of Elgar Parishad / Bhim Army chief to address rally on 1 Jan

Organisers undecided on third edition of Elgar Parishad

20/12/2021

The Hindu / by Nadeem Inamdar

The Elgar Parishad organisers are undecided about holding another edition of the conclave, for them getting bail for artistes is top priority.
The Elgar Parishad organisers are undecided about holding another edition of the conclave, for them getting bail for artistes is top priority. The second edition of the Elgar Parishad was held at GaneshKala Krida manch on Jan 1, last year wherein academics, activists and writers from dalit, muslim and other social organisations addressed the thinly attended event.
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Anniversary of Bhima Koregaon; Bhim Army chief to address rally on 1 Jan

20/12/2021

Maktoobmedia / by Maktoob Staff

Azad Samaj Party has announced that its chief and Bhim Army supremo Chandrashekhar Azad will be visiting the ‘Jaystambh’ in Pune on January 1 to mark the anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon.
“This is the 200th year of the erection of Jaystambh. On this occasion, our party chief Chandrashekhar Azad and state president Rahul Pradhan would be visiting the Jaystambh on January 1,” Abhijit Gaikwad, Pune unit president of Azad Samaj Party said.
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Bhima Koregaon: The Mystery of Fadnavis’ Terms of Reference

Bhima Koregaon: The Mystery of Fadnavis’ Terms of Reference

Rediff.com / by Jyoti Punwani

No report of the violence was sent by Mumbai’s police commissioner to the government.
Why was the violence then considered serious enough to be included in the Terms of Reference? Was it a balancing act to counter the accusations that were then being made against Hindutva leaders Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote?
Jyoti Punwani reports from the Bhima Koregaon Commission hearing.
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Also read:
● India’s Hindu Nationalist Project Relies on Brutal Repression (Jacobinmag / April 2021)
● Casting a Veil – What we miss by ignoring Maratha caste politics in the Bhima Koregaon case (The Caravan / Dec 2020)
● Let’s Remember the Lesson of Bhima Koregaon: Down with the New Peshwai (Sanhati / March 2018)

IPS officer appears before Koregaon Bhima panel, seeks time to file affidavit

IPS officer appears before Koregaon Bhima panel, seeks time to file affidavit

IPS officer appears before Koregaon Bhima panel, seeks time to file affidavit

19/11/2021

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

The two-member commission headed by retired Justice J N Patel is probing the causes of the Koregaon Bhima violence of January 1, 2018, in which one person died and several were injured.
Former Pune Police Commissioner Rashmi Shukla on Thursday appeared before the Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry in Mumbai and sought time to file her affidavit, claiming that she is yet to receive certain documents from Pune City Police.
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Elgaar Parishad organiser questioned on presence at convicted Maoist’s death anniversary

17/11/2021

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

A two-member commission, headed by retired Justice J N Patel, is probing into the causes of the Koregaon Bhima violence of January 1, 2018.
As Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry restarted its hearings in Mumbai, witness Harshali Potdar, an organiser of the Elgaar Parishad, was questioned about her participation in a programme held in Mumbai to mark the death anniversary of convicted Maoist leader Sridhar Srinivasan.
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Also read:
● Bhima Koregaon: Outcome of a ‘Larger Conspiracy’? (Rediff.com / Oct 2021)
● Witness Before Probe Panel Accuses Sambhaji Bhide & Milind Ekbote Of Instigating Bhima Koregaon Riots (Live Law / Sep 2021)

Milind Teltumbde’s alleged Pune links / Elgar Parishad deny links with Maoists

Milind Teltumbde’s alleged Pune links / Elgar Parishad deny links with Maoists

Slain Maoist leader Milind Teltumbde’s Pune links include ‘organising Naxal camp’

16/11/2021

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

Records with the Maharashtra Police also show that Milind Teltumbde was involved in recruiting city youths for the Maoist movement.
From organising a 15-day residential ‘Naxal camp’ in Pune, recruiting city youths for the Maoist movement and being named an accused in the Elgaar Parishad case, top CPI-Maoist leader Milind Teltumbde, who was killed in an encounter with security forces in Gadchiroli, was known to be active in Pune and surrounding areas, as per Maharashtra Police records.
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Who was Milind Teltumbde, Maoist leader killed in Gadchiroli encounter

14/11/2021

The Indian Express / by Vivek Deshpande

“Teltumbde was the main financier of the Bhima-Koregaon programme organised in Pune three years ago,” said a former senior police officer.
Top Maoist leader Milind Teltumbde, who had a reward of Rs 50 lakh on his head, was among the 26 Naxals killed in a fierce encounter with the police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Saturday.
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‘They want fascist forces to reign’: Retired judges who organised Pune’s Elgaar Parishad speak out

01/09/2018

Scroll.in / by Aarefa Johari

Justices BG Kolse-Patil and PB Sawant say they were the main organisers and sole funders of the event held a day before violence broke out at Bhima Koregaon.
According to the Pune police, the event was organised by members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), with the aim of “spreading rebellious thoughts”, instigating violence at Bhima Koregaon and establishing a nationwide “anti-fascist front” to “wage war against the government”.
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Koregaon Bhima panel hearings to resume from Nov 15, Rashmi Shukla summoned

Koregaon Bhima panel hearings to resume from Nov 15, Rashmi Shukla summoned

The Indian Express / by Chandan Haygunde

As per the schedule, IPS officer Rashmi Shukla, who was a former Pune Police Commissioner, has been summoned to appear before the panel as a witness on November 18.
After receiving a nod from the state government regarding availability of a bigger venue in Mumbai for the purpose, the Koregaon Bhima Commission of Inquiry on Monday released its schedule for conducting the next set of hearings in the case.
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Explained: Bhima Koregaon Commission

Explained: Bhima Koregaon Commission

The Hindu / by Sonam Saigal

The panel set up to inquire into the 2018 violence has suspended work till provision of suitable accommodation.
On January 1, 1818, a battle between the Peshwas and the British resulted in the overthrow of the Peshwas. To honour the valour of the soldiers, a Vijay Stambh, a war memorial was built Bhima Koregaon village. In 1921, on January 1, Dr B.R. Ambedkar visited the site which resulted in the initiation of an annual tradition to commemorate the occasion. Thereafter every year on January 1, large numbers of Bahujan gather at the Vijay Stambh to pay tribute to Dalits.
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Also read:
● Bhima Koregaon Judicial Commission Suspends Hearing After Maharashtra Govt Fails to Provide Accommodation In Mumbai (Live Law / Nov 2, 2021)
● Let’s Remember the Lesson of Bhima Koregaon: Down with the New Peshwai (Sanhati, March 2018)

Home dept offers room to Bhima Koregaon panel / Panel suspends hearing until govt provides suitable premises

Home dept offers room to Bhima Koregaon panel / Panel suspends hearing until govt provides suitable premises

Home dept offers room to Bhima Koregaon panel at Sahyadri guest house

02/11/2021

Hindustan Times / by By Nadeem Inamdar

A day after the Bhima Koregaon Commission announced suspension of its functioning due to a lack of space, the state home department informed the panel that one room would be made available in Mumbai to conduct the hearings.
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Bhima Koregaon Judicial Commission Suspends Hearing After Maharashtra Govt Fails to Provide Accommodation In Mumbai

02/11/2021

Live Law / by Sharmeen Hakim

The two-member judicial commission appointed by the Maharashtra Government to probe the caste-based violence at Koregaon-Bhima on January 1, 2018, has indefinitely suspended its function due to the State government’s apathy to provide proper accommodation for proceedings.
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Koregaon-Bhima probe panel suspends hearing until Maha govt provides suitable premises

01/11/2021

The Leaflet / by The Leaflet

The Koregaon-Bhima Inquiry Commission, probing the January 2018 violence near a memorial in Maharashtra’s Pune district, has told the state government that it is suspending all scheduled hearings till the government does not provide it a “suitable accommodation” in Mumbai to conduct the probe into the case.
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