Large-scale caste violence against Dalits has recurred across Indian states since 1968

Evidence

These are some of the major crimes against Dalits and subordinated castes that have taken place in recent times: in 1968, in Keezhvenmani in the state of Tamil Nadu, forty-four Dalits were burnt alive; in 1977, in Belchi village of Bihar, fourteen Dalits were burnt alive; in 1978, in Marichjhapi, an island in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of West Bengal, hundreds of Dalit refugees from Bangladesh were massacred during a left-led government’s eviction drive; in 1984, in Karamchedu in the state of Andhra Pradesh, six Dalits were murdered, three Dalit women raped and many more wounded; in 1991, in Chunduru, also in Andhra Pradesh, nine Dalits were slaughtered and their bodies dumped in a canal; in 1997, in Melavalavu in Tamil Nadu, an elected Dalit panchayat leader and five Dalits were murdered; in 2000, in Kambalapalli in the state of Karnataka, six Dalits were burnt alive; in 2002, in Jhajjar in the state of Haryana, five Dalits were lynched outside a police station. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 448

Categorization

• CANDY: A grim but striking list of specific massacres — each with village name, year, and death toll — conversational fodder for anyone discussing Indian caste reality.
• XREF: connects to: State-linked extrajudicial violence against Tamils was systematic and wide-scale — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 338