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== History == On 27 February 2002, the train was stopped outside [[Godhra Junction railway station]] because of the emergency chain being pulled. The train was then [[Godhra train burning|attacked]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12534127] BBC News</ref><ref name="India 2008">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130602070023/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM/2008/09/27&ID=Ar01400 The Godhra conspiracy as Justice Nanavati saw it] The Times of India, 28 September 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-19. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602070023/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOI&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM/2008/09/27&ID=Ar01400 Archived] 21 February 2012.</ref> Fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims who were returning from the holy city of [[Ayodhya]], were trapped and killed in the burning train. The incident is perceived as the trigger for the widespread 2002 Gujarat riots.
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