Incidents of Genocide in India

Krishna Kumari Areti, ICFAI

Abstract

The author jots down the incidents of Genocide in India from the date of independence till date. India witnessed the first genocide at the time of partition immediately after the independence. The two-nation theory led to the division of the country and the Hindus in India and Muslims in Bengal migrated to their destined homelands. In this process several lives were lost on both sides and women were kidnapped and raped and at times murdered. In this article the mass murders and rapes of thousands of women at the time of partition was elaborately discussed. The then Hyderabad State underwent trauma in the hands of the Razakar who had invaded the villages of Telangana and created havoc. Ultimately the problem was solved with the intervention of the then Home Minister. But, Kashmir remained as an unending and unresolved problem between both the nations. The author suggests for a strong domestic law to safeguard the unity in diversity of India