Nagpur was ruled by Gond kings, then later by Maratha Bhonsale before the British East India Company took over the city.
The Gond Kingdom and Bhonsale Raj had five elements, based on ancient Indian and medieval police tradition, viz.
Previously a large establishment of Hakaras scattered over the Nagpur Province, along with See bandies: a small army at important places.
[3] Most of the casualties were women and children who were crushed as the crowd was scrambling to escape the police line.
Maharashtra state government appointed Justice S S Dani commission to investigate the event,[2] but he held nobody responsible and referred to the tragedy as an "unfortunate" one.
[4] Virendra Thakur, Narendra Saoji and Birjesh Gwalvanshi were involved in the double murder case under section 302 of IPC.