Points to Note
This documentation is exhaustive but not yet complete, and is indicative of the long drawn struggle faced by Hindus. All references are given at the bottom of the page, and where linked to an article, within the article. You can read the articles with more details by clicking on "Read More". There are several other terrorist attacks and incidents where Hindus have been murdered, but since it is not yet officially established that Hindus were selectively targeted, we have not included those in this list.
Apart from the items in the list, there are a zillion other incidents where the casualties and rapes are in fewer numbers. Though these have been omitted in the timeline view, they will be expanded upon in the yearly analysis of compiled data (for eg, 2020 database), and are added in the final figure shown on the homepage.
If some important massacre or incident is missing from the timeline, please send us information at: [email protected]
Islamic Period
653 AD
So it begins.
Post-Islamic Period
Portuguese Inquisition
1561-1774
The setting up of the Goa Inquisition was requested by Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier; from its beginning in 1561 and its temporary abolition in 1774, at least 16,202 Hindus were brought to trial (tortured and possibly murdered) by the Inquisition--many of these were Hindus taken as slaves. Almost all of the Goa Inquisition's records were burnt by the Portuguese when the inquisition was abolished in 1820. At least 121 Hindus are recorded as murdered in the remaining records.
Hindus under Portuguese were not given religious freedom, and were tortured into conversion, their temples destroyed, the women raped and abused.
Slave Trade by Dutch East India Company
1608-1825
The Vereenigde Nederlandsche Oost Indische Compagnie or VOC, also known as the Dutch East India Company, came to India to establish trade routes from the Indian subcontinent. But theier trade was not limited to spices and silks; an important part of their presence was slave trade from India. VOC bought slaves in Bengal, Cochin and Ceylon, taking them to Cape Town.
As per a study: "The number of slaves at the Cape rose from nearly 1000 around 1688 to 3000 at the beginning of the 1720s. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the enslaved population had risen to more than 15,000 in Cape Town and the rural hinterland."
Atleast 40% of these slaves were from the Indian subcontinent, mostly Hindus. Many of them were under-age boys and women, who were bought for cheap labour, and treated in sub-human ways.
Bengal Famine
1769-72
Famine during the British Raj, affecting Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. Death toll estimated to be 10 million.
Madras Famine and Chalisa Famine
1782-83, 1783-84
Famines during the British Raj: Madras Famine affected Madras and parts of Karnataka; Chalisa Famine affected Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Kashmir. The death toll is estimated at 11 million.
Doji Bara or Skull Famine
1791-92
Famine during the British Raj, affecting Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan. The death toll is estimated at 11 million.
Famine in Bombay Presidency
1802-03
Famines during the British Raj affecting Maharashtra. The death toll is believed to be high but no official estimate exists.
Famine in Rajputana
1803-04
Famine during the British Raj, affecting Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It is believed to have low mortality, but death toll is unknown.
Famine in Madras Presidency
1805-07
Famines during the British Raj affecting Tamil Nadu. The death toll is believed to be high but no official estimate exists.
Famine in Rajputana II
1812-13
Famine during the British Raj, affecting Rajasthan. Death toll is estimated to be 2 million.
Famine in Bombay Presidency II
1813-14
Famines during the British Raj affecting Maharashtra. The death toll is believed to be high but no official estimate exists.
Famine in Madras Presidency II
1823
Famines during the British Raj affecting Tamil Nadu. The death toll is believed to be high but no official estimate exists.
Slave Trade by British Empire/ East India Company
1830
Between 1772 and 1833, debates in the British Parliament recorded the volume of slavery in India. A thriving slave trade existed all over India, and the Company permitted slave ownership to be registered, for a fee of ₹4.25.
Britons could "export" slaves to other European colonies, even after abolishing of slavery within Britain.
As of 1830, this was the breakup of number of slaves, mostly Hindus, in different provinces:
Malabar: 147K
Malabar & Wayanad: 100K
Canara, Coorg, Wynad, Cochin, and Travancore: 254K
Tinnevelly (Tirunelveli): 324K
Trichinopoly: 10,600; Arcot: 20,000; Canara: 80,000; Assam: 11,300; Surat: 3000; Ceylon (Sri Lanka): 27,397; Penang: 3000; Sylhet and Buckergunge (Bakerganj): 80K; Behar: 22,722; Tizhoot: 11,061; Southern Mahratta Country: 7,500
A total of 1.21 million Hindus were held as slaves.
Guntur Famine in Madras Presidency
1833-34
Famines during the British Raj affecting Guntur and parts of Andhra Pradesh, included in the Madras Presidency. The death toll is believed to be high but no official estimate exists for the whole region. Estimates for Guntur region alone are 2 Lakhs.
Agra Famine
1837-38
Famines during the British Raj affecting Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana. The death toll is estimated to be 1 million.
Famine in Madras Presidency III
1854
Famines during the British Raj affecting Tamil Nadu. The death toll is believed to be high but no official estimate exists.
First War of Indian Independence, 1857
1857-58
In the First War of Indian Independence, trivialized as The Revolt of 1857, unspeakable atrocities were committed by British in India as a way to teach the natives a lesson for trying to send them back whence they came from. Although atrocities were committed against Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, the nature of the atrocities included violation of religious beliefs and cultural genocide of Hindus, including murder and rape. Atrocities included force-feeding beef to Hindus, forcing the natives to lick walls stained with fresh blood from killings, public hangings, blowing up the natives from canons (tying them to the mouth of a canon so they would be blown to pieces when the canon was fired), torching them, dipping natives in wells till they half suffocate, putting red chillies in the eyes and private parts of men and women, sexual violence against women and a lot more. The torture was as an act of revenge as well as to teach them a lesson. The British adopted a policy of “no prisoners.” Men who were captured were lined up and shot.
The most shocking aspect of the “sepoy mutiny” as the British call it, is that there are no official records of the death toll of natives during the conflicts of 1857-58. For an empire built on meticulous paperwork and extensive study of literature, it is impossible to believe that this is due to negligence. The lack of records itself is a red flag, and should alert anyone that the scale of British crimes was huge, and deliberately hidden. Estimates are that in the violent conflicts of 1857-58, at least one million natives, of which at least 85% were Hindus and Sikhs, were slaughtered by British imperialists.
Aftermath of 1857
1857-67
Following the major armed conflict of 1857, the country witnessed scattered but consistent rebellions for the next decade, which were brutally quelled by the British empire. As per estimates, atleast 10 Million natives, atleast 90% of which were Hindus and Sikhs, were slaughtered in the decade that followed.
Famine in North India
1860-61
Famines during the British Raj affecting Uttar Pradesh, Punjab. The death toll is estimated to be 2 million.
Orissa Famine
1865-68
Famines during the British Raj affecting Orissa and parts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Bengal. The death toll is estimated to be 1.8 million.
Rajputana Famine
1868-70
Famines during the British Raj affecting Rajasthan. The death toll is estimated to be 2.7 million.
Bihar Famine
1873-74
Famines during the British Raj affecting Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. There is no official estimate of number of deaths
Great Indian Famine
1876-79
Famines during the British Raj affecting Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh. The death toll is estimated to be 10.3 million.
Famine of 1880
1880
Famines during the British Raj affecting Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The famine was severe but there is no official record of number of deaths.
Famine of 1884-85
1884-85
Famines during the British Raj affecting Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of Karnataka. The death toll is estimated to be 7.5 Lakhs.
Madras Famine of 1888-89
1888-89
Famines during the British Raj affecting Orissa, parts of Bihar. The death toll is estimated to be 1.5 million.
Famine of 1892
1891-92
Famines during the British Raj affecting old Madras presidency, Maharashtra, Bengal, Rajasthan, Upper Burma. The death toll is estimated to be 1.62 million.
Famines of 1896-97 and 1899-1902
1896-97 and 1899-1902
Famines during the British Raj affecting Uttar Pradesh, Old Madras Presidency, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan, parts of Orissa, Sindh, Karnataka. The death toll is estimated to be 19 million.
Famine of 1907-08
1907-08
Famines during the British Raj affecting Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The death toll is estimated to be 3.2 million.
Moplah Hindu Genocide
1921-22
The Moplah Rebellion of 1921-22 was a rebellion gone wrong, where the rebels targeted Hindus, apart from attacking the British Establishment. 2500 Hindus were slaughtered, atleast 26000 fled as refugees, atleast 2500 forcibly converted, sexually assaulted, and more than 100 Hindu temples destroyed.
Kohat Riots
1924
After the Moplah rebellion, there was heightened tension between Hindus and Mulsims. In the North-western province, now part of Pakistan, violence erupted in the Kohat district. Atleast 120 Hindus and Sikhs were murdered by militant Muslims, and there was mass exodus of Hindus from the region, numbering 3200. It was a successful attempt to exterminate Hindus and Sikhs from the region. Similar violence against Hindus and Sikhs was observed in neighbouring villages as well.
Calcutta Riots 1926
1926
A Muslim mob attacked a Hindu procession, killing 100, and injuring atleast 200 Hindus.
Bengal Famine of 1943
1942-44
Famines during the British Raj affecting Bengal. The death toll is estimated to be 7 million.
Noakhali Riots
1946
Massacre started on 10 October, day of Kojagari Lakshmi Puja and continued unabated for about a week. It is estimated that over 5000 Hindus were killed, hundreds of Hindu women were raped and around 3.5 Lakh Hindu men and women were forcibly converted to Islam.
Direct Action Day
1946
Muslim league fought the election with a single point agenda – creation of Pakistan. On the outside, their campaign was against the British, but in reality, it was against Hindus. Jinnah announced that they will either have a divided India & Pakistan or war. On the refusal of their proposal, they waged pogroms in Calcutta. More than 4,000 people lost their lives and 100,000 residents were left homeless in Calcutta within 72 hours.
Partition of India
1947
The demography of West Pakistan underwent a drastic change during partition of India: there was an influx of 4 million Muslims into Pakistan side, and more than 7 million Hindus and Sikhs were expunged from their homes, murdered, their properties looted. Hindus and Sikhs suffered unspeakable brutalities at the hands of the Pakistan Army and Islamist mobs. Trains and buses were burnt alive, women raped, Hindus sent on their death marches from out of Pakistan to India.
Hindu Exodus from Pakistan
1947-1958
Due to ongoing atrocities, forcible conversion and murders of Hindus in Pakistan after Partition, atleast 4.12 million Hindus escaped from Pakistan, into India in the decade.
Mirpur Massacre
25 Nov, 1947
After the first Kashmir War, Hindu and Sikh refugees in today's "Azad Kashmir" were brutally massacred. Mirpur and Rajouri districts were worst affected. Before the massacre, the district was home to 114K Hindus and Sikhs. After the massacre only about 790 remained. Rest were either murdered, or internally displaced.
Maharashtran Brahman Genocide
1948
Following the assassination of M. K. Gandhi by Nathuram Godse, with Narayan Apte, who were Maharashtrian Brahmins, Brahmin localities of Pune and Satara saw a Hindu Genocide of Maharashtrian Brahmins, orchestrated by Indian National Congress, along with other Brahmin-hating groups. As per first hand accounts, apprx 8000 Hindu Brahmins were murdered, their properties arsoned.
Massacres of East Bengal
1950
The Muslim riots of East Bengal in 1950 are one of the most blood curdling massacre of Hindus, which history books omit. Atleast 5.6 million Hindus were murdered or forcibly converted or forced to flee.
Rajshahi Massacre
1962
Ethnic cleansing of Hindus of East Pakistan in Rajshahi district: houses were torched, Hindus were murdered and women raped. An estimated 3000 Hindus were killed.
East Pakistan Massacre of Hindus
1964
Selective targeting and ethnic cleansing of Bengali Hindus in (then) East Pakistan due to an alleged theft of Prophet Mohd's hair from the Hazratbal Shrine in Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Extreme violence seen in Dhaka, Khulna, Sylhet, Narayanganj, Rajshahi, Mymensingh. Hundreds of Hindu majority villages were burnt to ashes. More than 5200 Hindus were brutally killed or burnt alive, 100K Hindus left their properties and emigrated into India, and more than 300 women were abducted. Hindus were prohibited from religious gathering and were forcibly converted (numbers unknown) and force fed beef.
Gopashtami Genocide of Hindu Saints
1966
The then PM Indira Gandhi, who had won the election on the promise of ban on cow slaughter, refused to fulfill her promise and faced a protest by lakhs of Hindu saints and devotees outside the Parliament. She ordered the police to open fire on the group. First hand accounts state that atleast 5000 Hindu saints and devotees were massacred in one day, their bodies disposed outside the city.
Hindu Exodus from Bangladesh
1964-1971
Due to the horrifying atrocities on Hindus, between the years 1964-1971, records from government of India show that at least 1.1 million Hindus emigrated from Bangladesh and came to India as refugees.
Bangladesh War of Liberation & Hindu Genocide
1971
One of the biggest genocide of Hindus in recent history. Out of the 3 million Hindus in East Pakistan (Bangladesh), atleast 2.5 million were brutally slaughtered, raped or forcibly evicted from their homes. Pakistan Army selectively targeted and arsoned Hindu homes.
Marichjhapi Massacre
1979
By the order of the Communist Party CM, Jyoti Basu, more than 10,000 Hindu refugees from Bangladesh who had sought refuge in the Marichjhapi island in the Sunderbans were gunned down by the police force. More than 100 women were repeatedly raped.
Bijon Setu Massacre
30 Apr 1982
In this horrifying incident, 16 sannyasis (monks) and one sannyasini of Anand Marg were dragged out of taxis, beaten to death in 3 different locations in broad daylight. The most horrifying part of this tragedy is that 1000s of spectators looked on, and nobody helped the sannyasis.
The attack was orchestrated by Communists in West Bengal.
Massacre of Hindus by Khalistani Terrorists
1983
5 Oct, 83: Dhilwan bus massacre. 6 Hindu passengers were murdered by Khalistani militants.
21 Oct, 83: Massacre of 58 Hindu passengers by Khalistani militants. Unofficial number is more than 100 Hindus.
mid-Oct, 1983: Attacks by Khalistani militants:
Two people injured in a bomb blast on the outskirts of Chandigarh.
Five people were killed and more than 30 injured when grenades exploded in two theaters in Delhi.
19 people were injured when a grenade went off in the New Delhi railway station.
18 Nov, 1983: A bus was hijacked and 4 Hindu passengers were killed by Sikh militants
Khalistani Militants Hijack Plane
24 August 1984
To stage support for their cause, 9 Khalistani militants hijacked an Indian Airlines jetliner Airbus A300, on a domestic flight from Chandigarh to Srinagar with 264 passengers and crew on board, and demanded the plane be flown to the United States. The flight was forced to land in Lahore, where 6 passengers were released. The terrorists gave war cries of "Long Live Khalistan" and "Long Live Bhindranwale" and threatened to blow up the plane if their demands were not met. The plane finally landed in Dubai, where the UAE Defense Minister got the passengers released.
Sikh Genocide
1984
Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her 2 Sikh bodyguards, mass violence started out against the Sikhs, mostly led by Congress senior leaders and supporters. Atleast 10,000 Sikhs were murdered and another 50,000 displaced. Many women were raped.
Air India Bombing by Khalistani Terrorists
23 June, 1985
Following the public proclamation by Khalistan terrorist Talwinder Singh Parmar to "kill 50,000 Hindus," Air India Flight 182, from Toronto to New Delhi was bombed while in Irish airspace. All 329 passengers and crew were killed. Almost all were Hindus.
Khalistani Militant Attacks in 1986
1986
6 March: Many Hindu civilians killed in indiscriminate firing by terrorists.
28 March: 32 people killed in indiscriminate firing in Dresi ground, killing Kharti leaders including that of Jagirpur, Mayor Krishan Sood.
29 March: 20 labourers killed by terrorists.
8 June: 9 People killed by Khalistani extremists.
25 July: 15 bus passengers gunned down.
30 Oct: Sikh terrorists robbed a bank, killed 23 Hindus.
31 Oct: 22 migrant and local Hindu industrial workers gunned down in indiscriminate firing on Daba road, Ludhiana.
30 Nov: 50 Hindu bus passengers gunned down.
Khalistani Militant Attacks in 1987
1987
14 June: Sikh militants killed 25 people in two attacks.
July: 80 bus passengers killed in Fatehabad on three Haryana Roadways buses.
6 Aug: 12 people gunned down. Before shooting them, victims were forced to chant "long live the sikh nation".
19 Aug: 11 people killed by sikh militants including a hindu man and his baby son.
28 Sep: 5 killed and 8 injured, firing near Geetha Bhawan, Alawalpur.
20 Oct: 12 persons shot dead at various places in Delhi on Diwali day.
Khalistani Militant Attacks in 1988
1988
Jan: 12 people and a hindu leader killed by sikh extremists.
Feb: Bombs exploded by Babbar Khalsa in Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Patiala. 12 to 13 persons killed and nearly 50 injured.
2 March: 8 members of a family killed.
3 March: 35 persons shot dead, 50 others injured, indiscriminate firing at a festival gathering by terrorists.
31 March: 18 members of a Rajput family shot dead at village the Rajbah under police station.
2 Apr: Sikh gunmen stormed into huts and houses across Punjab state and killed 37 people, including 7 children
15 May: 26 persons killed, 100 others injured in different incidents
16 May: 40 persons gunned down, 100 others injured in different incidents
17 May: 35 labourers massacred.
19 June: 2 bombs blasted during Ramayana (TV serial) telecast at a shop, killing 15 persons
21 June: Bomb blast kills 3 in new delhi market.
7 Sep: 15 rail passengers killed, 25 injured at Rure Aasal railway station.
Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
1989-1990
On January 19, 1990, Bharat witnessed the mass exodus of Kashmiri Hindus. They were given 3 options: CONVERT (to Islam), LEAVE, DIE. An estimated 300,000-800,000 Kashmiri Hindus emptied out of the Kashmir Valley overnight. Many died, and do not live to tell the tales of horror.
Khalistani Militant Attacks in 1990
1990
Jan: 8 Hindu villagers shot down by militants
7 March: 32 shot dead in indiscriminate firing at crowded market, Abohar
28 May: Khalistan Commando Force attacked a farm, killed 13 migrant workers, including 11 Hindus.
30 May: Khalistani extremists kill 10 in attack in a market, Ferozepur.
Massacre of Karsevaks in Ayodhya
1990
30 Oct 1990: Atleast 40,00 Hindu devotees or karsevaks were headed for the Babari Masjid site, to reclaim it as a Hindu temple. Curfew was imposed by then UP government, and atleast 28,000 policemen and CRPF were deployed around Ayodhya. The Kothari brothers managed to put a Hindu flag on the Babari Masjid, for which they were shot at & killed. The police opened fire on the crowd, rained lathis, and treated the karsevaks with no humanity. They shot people in the head and chest, with an intention to kill them.
2 Nov 1990: Karsevaks again marched to the Babari Masjid site, and some of them managed to damage the structure of the mosque. The police opened fire again on the crowd.
The "official" death toll by UP government and police was only 16, which is hard to believe. Unofficial numbers are in hundreds. As per then media reports, atleast 400 died from wounds or in the stampede. Dead bodies were disposed off in the Sarayu river, and some were cremated in unknown places, depriving the dead of even their last rites.
Exodus of Bru Tribals from Mizoram
1997
Bru tribals are an indigenous tribe in India, who follow Sanatani practices of worshiping gods, nature, elements and are considered a tribal sect of Buddhism. In 1995, Mizo Christians demanded the removal of Brus from Mizoram, contending that they are not native to Mizoram. In 1997, 1391 Bru houses in 41 villages were burnt down and several people were raped and killed. More than 30,000 Bru people were forced to leave Mizoram to Tripura.
Chamba Massacre 1998
3 Aug, 1998
The 1998 Chamba massacre was the killing of thirty-five Hindus by Hizbul Mujahideen, in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh in India on 3 August 1998. Another 11 Hindus were left injured.
Kashmir Massacres 2000
1-2 Aug, 2000
This included multiple massacres of Hindus in Amarnath yatra, Anantnag, Doda, Kupwara, Kayar and Mirbazar-Qazigund and Sandoo-Acchabal. Total up to 105 or more killed and at least 62 injured in coordinated attacks on Hindus.
Bhola Violence Against Hindu Women 2001
2001
Hindu minorities in Bangladesh were caught in the political crossfire between the parties, and persecuted on the assumption of favoring the Awami League party. More than 200 Hindu women were gang raped and sexually assaulted by Islamist mobs. The women were from 8 to 70 yrs old. Their houses were looted, properties destroyed.
Hindu Exodus from Bangladesh
2001
Following the large-scale violence towards Hindus in Bangladesh, from 5000 to 20,000 Hindus migrated from Bangladesh to adjoining Indian states of Tripura, West Bengal, Meghalaya & Assam. No official estimates were available, but atleast 200,000 Hindus are suspected to be internally displaced.
Gujarat Riots, Godhara
2002
A few coaches of the Sabarmati Express were set on fire by a Muslim mob in a planned violence against Hindu pilgrims who were returning from Ayodhya after a religious ritual. 59 Hindus burned alive in Sabarmati train attack and 254 killed in subsequent riots.
Attack on Akshardham Temple, Gujarat
2002
On 24 September, 2002, two armed Jihadi terrorists attacked the Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, killing 34 Hindus and injuring another 80. They used hand grenades and automatic weapons.
Nadimarg Massacre, Kashmir
2003
Kashmiri Pandits were dragged out of homes, including children, and brutally murdered by Islamists. Atleast 24 Hindus were murdered.
Serial Bomb Blasts in Delhi
2005
Serial bomb blasts in crowded markets during Diwali season in the heart of the capital of India clouded Diwali celebrations for Hindus. Atleast 64 were killed and 100 injured. The attack was by an Islamist "revolutionary" group.
Bomb Blasts in Hanuman Temple & Railway Station Varanasi, 2006
2006
Twin bomb blasts took place in the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple near BHU in Varanasi and the Railway Station on the evening of a day in March, 2006. The blasts were aimed at Hindu devotees and meant to cause maximum damage. As per official numbers, 28 were dead and 101 injured. Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit was responsible for the blasts.
Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka
2009
In the wake of the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Sri Lankan Tamil community, led by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam), the Civil War came to an end upon the killing of the leader of LTTE. Due to the systematic destruction of Tamil culture, disenfranchisement of Sri Lankan Tamils and massacres of civilians by the Sri Lankan govt, the original demand of a separate Elam state came to an end, paving the way for mass atrocities upon Tamils.
300,000 Sri Lankan Tamils were held in Nazi-style concentration camps in Northeastern districts of Sri Lanka.
Post-poll Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh
Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
Elections have started to mean only one thing for Hindu minorities in Bangladesh: persecution. Hindus in Malopara village faced attacks after the elections in Nov 2013. Atleast 180 people were killed in the post-poll violence. Armed Islamist mobs attacked Hindu minorities in Jessore, Satkhira, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh, Chittagong, Nilphamari, Kurgram, Lalmonirhat, Satkhira, Gaibandha and Dinajpur. International aid agencies estimated as many as 5,000 families were affected.
Hindu Women Sold as Slaves
May, 2016
Hindu women from India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) were found to be sold "like products" in the Gulf--Saudi Arabia and Bahrain--for £2000-£4000 only. They are told to travel in lure of better pay and work. But they were found to be physically abused, mistreated and not paid for any work. An estimated 20,000 women were detained in poor living conditions in the Gulf.
50 Hindu Households Attacked in Bangladesh
30 Oct, 2016
Atleast 17 Hindu temples and more than 50 households in a Hindu village were attacked by a mob in Bangladesh's Nasirnagar, leaving more than 100 injured. Around 124 people were accused in the attack, but later all freed on bail.
A similar attack in the same village was repeated in 2018, where 5 households were attacked, leaving 9 injured.
Massacre of Myanmar Hindus
2017
Hindus of Myanmar were embroiled in the violence against the Buddhists in Myanmar by an Islamic militant group called ARSA. 120 Hindus were murdered, women raped, and more than 30,000 became refugees and escaped to Bangladesh, with another 11,700 Hindus and Buddhists internally displaced. In Bangladesh, the Myanmar Hindu refugees faced further atrocities and discrinimation.
Missionaries Convert 300-400 Hindus Per Day
April 2018
A group of missionaries illegally start converting Hindus in North India at the rate of 300-400 people PER DAY. Evangelism, especially by foreigners, is illegal in India. Religious conversion by deceitful means is a criminal offence, and conversion at this scale is a cultural genocide.
ISIS Bomb Sikhs in Afghanistan
July, 2018
In a suicide bomb attack, ISIS attacked a group of Sikhs on their way to visiting President Ashraf Ghani in the city of Jalalabad. The only Sikh candidate who planned to contest the forthcoming elections was killed in the attack. 19 people, mostly Sikhs, were killed.
Islamist Terrorist Attack on Indian Army in Pulwama
Feb, 2019
A suicide bomber by the name of Adil Dar, part of JeT Islamic terrorist group of Kashmir, drove a vehicle packed with ammunition and explosives into a convoy of buses with paramilitary police, killing 40 men, injuring many others. His video was released online later, where he claims to obtain 'jannat' by killing "Gaumutra drinking Hindus."
Ethnic Cleansing of Hindus & Sikhs in Afghanistan
1992-2021
In the year 1992, there were approximately 220,000 Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan. As of today, only 300 of them are left in the region; the rest have been forced to convert to Islam, forced to flee or been killed. This is systematic wiping out of a religious group in a country. With the Taliban gaining force in Afghanistan, this trend is alarming.
Post-poll Violence against Hindus in West Bengal
May-July 2021
There have been atleast 15,000 documented cases of post-poll violence against Hindus in West Bengal, who are been tortured by the ruling party of TMC on the assumption that they did not vote for them. Atleast 25 Hindus have been killed, 7000 women raped or sexually molested, and thousands forcibly expunged from their homes, with their homes looted and vandalized.
Hindus are not allowed to lodge an FIR, since anyone who files an FIR is beaten and abused, with no corrective recourse from the FIR. This human rights abuse needs urgent action.
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