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New revelations of tensions over marriage dowries cited several incidents in which men killed their wives to protest what they judged to be inadequate payments. | 1 |
March 1219 | |
Amid growing Hindu fundamentalism, urban riots convulsed Bombay and Calcutta in the aftermath of the Ayodhya mosque destruction; 1,200 were killed. | 2 |
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