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31 July 2007, 11:49 PM
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This is what on Wikipedia about violence related to caste in India
Caste-related violence
Main article: Caste-related violence in India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India)
Independent India has witnessed considerable amount of violence and hate crimes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime) motivated by caste. Ranvir Sena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranvir_Sena), a caste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste)-supremacist fringe paramilitary group based in Bihar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar) has committed violent acts against Dalits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalits) and other members of the scheduled caste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_caste) community. Phoolan Devi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoolan_Devi), a bandit-turned-politician belonging to Mallah lower-caste was mistreated and raped by upper-caste Thakurs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakur). She turned a bandit and carried out violent robberies against upper-caste people. In 1981, her gang massacred twenty-two Thakurs, most of whom were not involved in her kidnapping or rape.
Over the years, various incidents of violence against Dalits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit), such as Kherlanji Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherlanji_Massacre) have been reported from many parts of India. At the same time, many violent protests by Dalits, such as the 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Dalit_protests_in_Maharashtra), have been reported as well.
This is what on Wikipedia about violence related to caste in India
Caste-related violence
Main article: Caste-related violence in India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste-related_violence_in_India)
Independent India has witnessed considerable amount of violence and hate crimes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crime) motivated by caste. Ranvir Sena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranvir_Sena), a caste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste)-supremacist fringe paramilitary group based in Bihar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar) has committed violent acts against Dalits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalits) and other members of the scheduled caste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_caste) community. Phoolan Devi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoolan_Devi), a bandit-turned-politician belonging to Mallah lower-caste was mistreated and raped by upper-caste Thakurs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thakur). She turned a bandit and carried out violent robberies against upper-caste people. In 1981, her gang massacred twenty-two Thakurs, most of whom were not involved in her kidnapping or rape.
Over the years, various incidents of violence against Dalits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit), such as Kherlanji Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kherlanji_Massacre) have been reported from many parts of India. At the same time, many violent protests by Dalits, such as the 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Dalit_protests_in_Maharashtra), have been reported as well.