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600 Hindu Temples Destroyed/Damaged in Pakistan and Bangladesh !
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To: editor@rbhatnagar.ececs.uc.edu
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Subject: 600 Hindu Temples Destroyed/Damaged in Pakistan and Bangladesh !
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From: Srikanta N Mookerjee <snmst1+@pitt.edu>
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 10:32:43 -0400 (EDT)
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Cc: Ajay R Belambe <arbst7+@pitt.edu>
Following statistics was given in the Indian Parliament during question and
answer session by the external affairs ministry. As usual the biased press
coverage on this was minimal and presented merely as a 1-2 inch column length
in the middle pages.
After the Dec.6,1992 incident in Ayodhya, India (destruction of the disputed
Babri mosque) Anti-Hindu forces in the rest of the world reacted as follows:
Pakistan - 242 temples damaged/ destroyed.
Bangla Desh- 357 temples damaged/ destroyed. Also included among these was
the famous Dhakeshwari temple of Dhaka. This temple was first
built in 15th century and was NOT a disputed structure.
Britain - 4 temples damaged
Attacks on 56 other temples in rest of the world.
Source - News India Times , March 1993
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