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According to government reports the violence resulted in at least 39 Christians killed and 3906 Christian houses completely destroyed. [40] Reports state, more than 395 churches were razed or burnt down, [41] over 5,600 – 6,500 houses plundered or burnt down, over 600 villages ransacked and more than 60,000 – 75,000 people left homeless.
For 2012, [11] there were 93 deaths in India from many incidences of communal violence (or 0.007 fatalities per 100,000 people). Of these, 48 were Muslims, 44 Hindus and one police official. The riots also injured 2,067 people, of which 1,010 were Hindus, 787 Muslims, 222 police officials and 48 others.
Faxian had come to India to acquire Buddhist texts, and spent 10 years in India in the early fifth century, visiting major Buddhist pilgrimage sites including the Nalanda area. He also wrote a travelogue, which inspired other Chinese and Korean Buddhists to visit India over the centuries; in it he mentions many Buddhist monasteries and ...
In May 1963, the government forbade the flying of Buddhist flags on Vesak. After Buddhist protesters clashed with government troops, nine people were killed. [197] In protest, the Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon. [198] On 21 August, the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids led to a death toll estimated in the hundreds.
The 2008 Kandhamal violence refers to widespread violence against Christians purportedly incited by Hindutva organisations in the Kandhamal district of Orissa, India, in August 2008 after the murder of the Hindu monk Lakshmanananda Saraswati. [1] According to government reports the violence resulted in at least 39 Christians killed. [2]
Buddhism. Buddhism, which originated in India, gradually dwindled there and was replaced by approximately the 12th century. [2][3] According to Lars Fogelin, this was "not a singular event, with a singular cause; it was a centuries-long process." [4] The decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent coincides with the spread of Islam in that ...
The Shunga dynasty (IAST: Śuṅga) was the Fifth ruling dynasty of Magadha and controlled most of the northern Indian subcontinent from around 187 to 75 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pushyamitra, after taking the throne of Magadha from the Mauryas. The Shunga Empire's capital was Pataliputra, but later emperors such as Bhagabhadra also ...
— Extract from the Saldanha Commission report into the background of religious tensions in the Dakshina Kannada district. Activists belonging to the Bajrang Dal protested outside the gates of St Aloysius College on 29 August. Several explanations of the cause of the September 2008 attacks have been postulated. Many Christians believe that the attacks were a direct response from right-wing ...