Dehradun, Sept. 2 -- The Rampur Tiraha police firing on Uttarakhand Statehood activists, going to Delhi for a dharna at Rajghat, took place on 1 September, 1994, when the movement was its peak. It was part of the Mulayam Singh Yadav led UP Government's effort to quell the separate state demand with brutal force. Another similar incident took place at Khatima on the same day. Curfew was imposed in Dehradun and other places the next day, during which even more people died in police firing, the most terrible at Mussoorie. Despite this provocation, the movement remained entirely peaceful under its declared principle of non-violence. It is a shining example of a modern day agitation in comparison to what has been witnessed in other parts of the ...