No Country for Dalits: 12 Brutal Caste Atrocities in India

Since independence, dalits have been subjected to heinous atrocities.

The Una incident in Gujarat where seven Dalit men were brutally beaten up for skinning a dead cow. (Photo: ANI screengrab/ Altered by The Quint)

Four young dalit men were thrashed in front of a crowd in Una, Gujarat by self-styled cow vigilantes in an attack which does not seem uncommon anymore.

For being a forward thinking and progressing nation, some mindsets have not moved past the twentieth century and dalits are still subjected to heinous discrimination and violence.

The Quint takes a look at the worst Dalit massacres that have taken place since independence, and which continue to haunt our society as a modern day plague.

Video Editor: Purnendu Pritam

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