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2 unusual facts about 1990 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence


1990 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence

In Lalbagh, the Dhakeshwari Temple and other buildings with the temple complex were looted, vandalized and set on fire.

In 1988, President Hussain Muhammad Ershad, had amended the Constitution of Bangladesh to declare Islam as the state religion of Bangladesh.


2013 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence

In India, activists of Gairik Bharat burned an effigy of Sheikh Hasina in Silchar, in protest against her failure to protect the Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.

2014 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence

On 5 January, in the evening, the Hindus were attacked in the Satkania Upazila, Lohagara Upazila and Banshkhali Upazila of Chittagong District.

A jubo league cader of present government party Awami League came to take possession of Mr. Tapan Sarker's house with a gang of terrorists.Then they beat Mr. Tapan and their familly members.after that the familly took shelter in a excluded class room of a nearby primary school.

At around 6 pm, around 250 workers of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, armed with sharp weapons and sticks attacked the Hindu inhabited Malopara village, where they vandalized 130 houses and set another 10 on fire.

On 7 January at night, activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami destroyed two houses and five shops belonging to the Hindus in Kuptola Union of Gaibandha Sadar Upazila in Gaibandha District.


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