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By IndiaFacts Staff On Friday, May 6th, 2016
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Monthly Hindu Persecution Digest: April 2016

Idol of Balarama stolen from a temple in Ajmer An idol of Balarama, which is said to have been around 500 years old, has been stolen from Ramsar village belonging to the Nasirabad sub-division in Ajmer, Uttar More...

By Shonu Nangia On Monday, November 30th, 2015
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Why India Should Honor Taslima Nasrin

In her article “The Role of the Writer,” Maryse Condé, the famous writer from the French speaking island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, shares an interesting memory from her childhood. When she was about seven More...

By IndiaFacts Staff On Monday, May 25th, 2015
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Three Hindu families flee their homes in Shailakupa of Bangladesh

Note: This report was contributed by Narayan Ukil from Bangladesh. Houses of three Hindu families at Nadpara village in Shailakupa upazila under Jhenidah district of Bangladesh lie abandoned as the residents left More...

Bangaldesh stampede
By IndiaFacts Staff On Sunday, April 12th, 2015
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Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 06 April-12 April 2015

Stampede Kills 10 Hindus in Bangladesh A rumor  of some unknown person about a collapsing bridge caused a stampede Friday morning during a Hindu bathing ritual in Bangladesh that left 10 people dead and at least More...

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By IndiaFacts Staff On Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
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Ground report: Treatment of Hindu students in Christian colleges

This real-life episode was sent to IndiaFacts by Jithu from Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The entire text is verbatim except for corrections in spelling and grammar.  For a few months, I studied B.Sc Physics in a local More...

By IndiaFacts Staff On Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
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Infographic: State of Hindus in Bangladesh

This infographic shows the continuous state of decline and diminishing of the Hindu population in Bangladesh since 1941. Click the graphic below to view the full size.    More...

Hindu temple demolished
By IndiaFacts Staff On Sunday, August 31st, 2014
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Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 25 August 2014 — 31 August 2014

1. Pakistan’s  Hindu temples turned into picnic spots, hotels Report: Hindus in Pakistan are not able to acquire possession of their religious places, and other commercial areas. Due to lack of government action, More...

By IndiaFacts Staff On Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
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Gangapur under siege by Muslim hooligans

Close on the heels of the IndiaFacts report on the large scale violence against Hindus in Panchla comes yet another similar incident whereby innocent and peaceful Hindus have been targeted by Muslim vandals in More...