Word: hindus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gandhiji had moved into a Moslem house in Calcutta's Moslem quarter, which had been assailed by his fellow Hindus. He appealed to Hindus to keep peace. Angry young Hindu fanatics broke up a prayer meeting at his house. For the first time, Indians stoned Gandhi's house. Gandhi spoke sadly to the crowd: "If you still prefer to use violence, remove me. It is -not me but my corpse that will be taken away from here...
Quite suddenly, Britons were more popular than they had ever been in India. In Calcutta, Hindus dragged eleven Moslems from a train, hacked them to death. At Amritsar 120 were killed, hundreds injured in rioting between Sikhs and Moslems. But none attacked the once-hated British, who could thank two men for the heightened prestige of their graceful exit...
...plans for the Kosi dam, they locked their children indoors. Last week their schools were closed, for no pupils would attend. Bazaars and fairs shut down. Panicky villagers feared that 108 children would be kidnaped for sacrifice.* They picked 108 as the proper figure because that is sacred to Hindus. Rama, for instance, one of the incarnations of Vishnu, the Protector, offered his wife Sita 108 lotuses, each with 108 petals...
...Rich Hindus sometimes seek to insure a happy reincarnation by endowing pinjarapoles-hostels for aging and infirm cows. But it seemed unlikely that Hindu India would outlaw cow slaughter. Mohandas Gandhi, a cow protector from way back, explained somewhat cattily: "India is a land not only of Hindus but of Moslems, Sikhs, Parsees, Christians and Jews. If cow slaughter can be prohibited in India on religious grounds, why can't Pakistan then prohibit [Hindu] idol worship in Pakistan on similar grounds...
...Cows are sacred to Hindus, who do not eat beef. Orthodox Hindus will not even wear leather shoes. Cow killing is prohibited in most princely states. It is not prohibited by British...