Vikrant Massey's film 'The Sabarmati Report' has been released. The story of this film is based on the fire incident in Godhra, gujarat in the year 2002 and the subsequent gujarat riots. The film has been in controversies since the trailer of the film was released. The lead actor of the film Vikrant has even received threats. As the release date of this film came closer, the search related to Godhra incident on google increased. Now the film has been released. If you are preparing to watch this film, then before watching it, know what is Godhra Kand, when did it happen and what happened after that.

What is Godhra Kand?

It was the month of february in the year 2002, the date was 27. This was the same unlucky day when the S-6 coach of Sabarmati Express was set on fire in a place called Godhra in Gujarat. Karsevaks were travelling in this coach, who were coming from Ayodhya. 59 people were burnt to death in this fire.

Horrific communal riots after Godhra incident (Gujara Riots)

One day after the Godhra incident, that is, on 28 february, the country witnessed one of the biggest tragedies after independence. The riots engulfed the whole of Gujarat. ahmedabad and its surrounding areas remained in the grip of this tragedy for about 3 months. About 1000 people who were caught in the grip of these communal riots lost their lives.

narendra modi was the gujarat cm during the Godhra incident

Let us tell you that when the Godhra incident took place in gujarat, PM narendra modi was the chief minister of Gujarat. A few days after this incident, on 2 March, he formed the Nanavati-Shah Commission to investigate the Godhra incident. Retired high court and supreme court judges KG Shah and GT nanavati were made members in it.

Godhra incident was a well-planned conspiracy

This commission presented the first part of the report in september 2008, in which this incident was described as a well-planned conspiracy. And many senior officers including the then cm Modi and ministers were given a clean chit. After the death of Judge KG Shah, a member of this commission in 2009, retired gujarat high court judge Justice Akshay Mehta was made a member in his place and the name of the commission was changed from Nanavati-Shah Commission to Nanavati-Mehta Commission. This commission also presented the second part of its report 10 years later in the year 2019. In this also the same thing was repeated which was in the first part. That is, this incident was described as a well-planned conspiracy.