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Since then, India has witnessed sporadic large-scale violence sparked by underlying tensions between sections of the Hindu and Muslim communities. [54] These conflicts also stem from the ideologies of hardline right-wing groups versus Islamic fundamentalists and prevalent in certain sections of the population.
Caste denotes a traditional system of rigid social stratification into ranked groups defined by descent and occupation. Caste divisions in India dominate in housing, marriage, employment, and general social interaction-divisions that are reinforced through the practice and threat of social ostracism, economic boycotts, and physical violence. [1]
In addition the Indian government has launched programmes such as "Study in India" to promote more African International students to study in India, and announced 50,000 scholarships for African students over a period of 5 years in 2016. In 2014 there were over 10,000 African students in India, mostly of Sudanese, Nigerian, and Kenyan origin. [29]
Statista's chart shows the rank of disinformation by country, India ranks the first. Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as a result of Student–People's uprising, disinformation about Bangladesh began to be spread by Indian media, social media accounts as well as Hasina's supporters staying in India.
The violence has become a substitute for class tensions. Nationalists, rather than deal with the claims from the lower class, instead view Muslims and Christians as not "fully Indian" due to their religion, [ 43 ] and portray those who carry out these attacks as "heroes" that defended the majority from "anti-nationals". [ 37 ]
The violence in 2012 followed ethnic tensions between the indigenous Bodo people and Bengali-speaking Muslims. While the Bengali-speaking Muslims state that they are descendants of East Bengali Muslims brought to Assam during the British Raj, local indigenous communities allege the Muslim population has increased, boosted by refugees from the erstwhile East Pakistan before the Indo-Pakistani ...
An attempt to either kill or make the Hindus flee from Noakhali and go to newly founded republic of India. Hindus Muslims : 5,000 killed N/A 50,000 remained marooned [12] [13] Rawalpindi Riots: March 1947 Rawalpindi Division, Punjab, British India After the British annouced departure from India by June 1948.