A total of 59 passengers died in the blaze A special court in the western Indian state of Gujarat has sentenced 11 men to death for setting fire to a passenger train in the town of Godhra in 2002.
Another 20 men were sentenced to life in prison.
The Sabarmati Express was attacked by a Muslim mob killing 59 people, mainly Hindu pilgrims.
The attack led to some of the worst riots seen in India and left more than 1,000 people, mainly Muslims, dead.
Gujarat's authorities were criticised for not doing enough to stop the riots.
Last week, the court acquitted 63 of the accused. All of those accused and convicted were Muslim.
The attackers were said to have forced the train, carrying Hindu pilgrims returning from the northern town of Ayodhya to stop, and then set fire to one of the carriages.
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