During the mass move, much of the violence was enacted on women. Mass
rape and murder occurred. Women were sometimes killed by their own
families in order to protect them from being traumatically raped or
murdered by the hands of another. Others were left behind, gambled for
the protection of the rest of the family. Most were subjected to
violence from men of other religions. In the move, mass amounts of
women were abducted and forced into marriage and conversion of
religion. There were no restrictions in which women were being
prevented from having their bodies become a part of the conflict. It
was Sikhs versus Muslims, Muslims versus Hindus, and Hindus versus
Sikhs.
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"India cannot be assumed today to be Unitarian and homogeneous nation,
but on the contrary there are two nations in the main — the
Hindus and the Muslims. "
-Veer Savarkar at at the 19th session of the Hindu Mahasabha held at
Ahmedabad 1937
[V.D.Savarkar,
Samagra Savarkar Wangmaya Vol VI, Maharashtra 1963, p 296]
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