Home›Sources›Report of the Srikrishna Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Mumbai, December 1992 and January 1993SourcesReport of the Srikrishna Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Mumbai, December 1992 and January 1993Justice B.N. Srikrishna, Government of Maharashtra, 1998Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Report of the Srikrishna Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Mumbai, December 1992 and January 1993." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/srikrishna-commission-report-mumbai-riots-1992-1993.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Report of the Srikrishna Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Mumbai, December 1992 and January 1993. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/srikrishna-commission-report-mumbai-riots-1992-1993Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-report-of-the-srikrishna-commission-of-i, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Report of the Srikrishna Commission of Inquiry into the Riots at Mumbai, December 1992 and January 1993}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/srikrishna-commission-report-mumbai-riots-1992-1993}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Maharashtra state government appointed a Commission of Inquiry under Justice B.N. Srikrishna in January 1993 to investigate the two waves of rioting that struck Bombay in December 1992 and January 1993. After repeated interruptions the Commission examined 502 witnesses and 2,903 exhibits before reporting in February 1998, finding that sections of the Bombay police had shown communal bias against Muslims during the January 1993 violence and naming individual police officers and political leaders, including Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray, for their roles. It remains the one systematic official reconstruction of the riots and their toll.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (28 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedJustice B.N. Srikrishna, Commission of Inquiry 1PublisherWell-attestedGovernment of Maharashtra 1Publication YearWell-attested1998 1URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/sochara.5640.reportofsrikrish0000srik 1Source TypeWell-attestedgovernment 1AssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1 1The state government's own official judicial inquiry, hearing 502 witnesses and examining 2,903 exhibits over five years; the primary documentary record every later account of the riots draws on, though its own text and later academic accounts both note that an unknown further number of bodies, particularly from the December 1992 phase, were never recovered or formally counted.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMaharashtra, Regions Well-attested This source names Maharashtra directly: "The Maharashtra state government appointed a Commission of Inquiry under Justice B.N."Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Editiontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 22 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicArticles, 14 claims: 10 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.Wars & Conflicts, 14 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested22ArticlesCounting the Dead of the Bombay Riots and the Commission That Investigated ThemThe 1992-93 Bombay Riots and Two Waves of Communal ViolenceWars & ConflictsThe 1992-93 Bombay RiotsConnected3ArticlesCounting the Dead of the Bombay Riots and the Commission That Investigated ThemThe 1992-93 Bombay Riots and Two Waves of Communal ViolenceWars & ConflictsThe 1992-93 Bombay RiotsGeneral References3ArticlesCounting the Dead of the Bombay Riots and the Commission That Investigated ThemThe 1992-93 Bombay Riots and Two Waves of Communal ViolenceWars & ConflictsThe 1992-93 Bombay RiotsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year