But we don't know if it taken before or after riots...Even now most of the old Bangalore parts are Tamil majority like halasoor etc...That wiki article just states a line and gives no source. It is very suspicious. If we have some relevant demographic census data before and after 1991, it will be more useful.
In this wiki article for example it says:
Karnataka ethnic groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In 1991, Tamils constituted the largest ethnolinguistic minority in Bangalore city making up 21.38 percent of population."
i.e they were the largest of the minorities....and somehow this is presented as largest ethnic group in the riots page.
I am more inclined to believe the latter....at least it gives a percentage figure of 21% which
It was not that difficult to target Tamils, Tamil were majority in city areas and southern parts only,surrounding by a predominantly Kannada population+then Kannada government support...
30-40 Tamils were killed in that incident and many were escaped to neighboring Tamilnadu and Kerala..