Gujarat Elections: AIMIM campaign in Godhra banks on minority base, division of votes of other candidates
Gujarat Assembly polls: The Godhra train burning incident, which occurred on 27 February 2002, triggered state-wide communal riots in which 1,044 people were killed. Giving details, the Central government informed the Rajya Sabha in May 2005 that 254 Hindus and 790 Muslims were killed in the post-Godhra riots.
Source: india.com