Hundreds of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University watched BBC documentaries on mobile phones and laptops after there was a power failure on the campus on Tuesday, student leader Aishe Ghosh said.
The university had threatened disciplinary action if the documentary was screened.
“It was clearly the administration which cut off the electricity,” Ghosh said. “We are encouraging campuses across the country to organize screenings as an act of resistance against this censorship,” Ghosh said.
The media coordinator of the university administration did not comment when asked about the power cut on the campus.
Ghosh said members of a right-wing student group hurled bricks at students expecting to watch the documentary, injuring several and that the students had complained to the police.
A spokesman for the right-wing student group did not respond to a message seeking comment.
A police spokeswoman did not immediately respond to questions.
The 2002 Gujarat violence erupted when a suspected Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims, causing the worst outbreak of religious bloodshed in independent India.
At least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed in reprisal attacks across Gujarat as mobs roamed the streets, targeting the minority group.