VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > F. South and Southeast Asia, 1945–2000 > 1. South Asia, 1945–2000 > c. The Republic of India > 1993
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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
 
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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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