“Remembering 5 January, 1964: The beginning of a Genocide in East Pakistan”, Swarajyamag, January 5, 2024:

“5 January is a particularly dark day in the continuing saga of Hindu persecution in East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh. 

On this day sixty years ago, the massacre, rape, abduction, forcible conversion to Islam and displacement of lakhs of Hindus started in that country. 

The trigger was the theft of a relic from Kashmir’s Hazratbal shrine ten days earlier on 27 December 1963. The relic, believed to be a strand of the beard of prophet Mohammed, was discovered missing that cold December day and triggered widespread protests across the sub-continent. 

Pakistan was quick to blame Hindus for the theft, escalating communal passions in both the countries…..”

Read the full article at Swarajyamag.com