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Anti-Bengali sentiment

"massacre" appeared 5 times in the opening in 2023. Today: absent from the opening. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hatred or opposition towards the Bengali people”. It now reads “Discrimination against Bengali people”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Anti-Bengali sentiment in India comprises negative attitudes and views on Bengalis in India.1 Though Bengalis have lived in different parts of India for centuries, they are subject to widespread discrimination. This can be either by any other community (e.g. Gujaratis , Biharis , Assamese , tribal communities, etc.) or in any particular place (see article further), due to reasons like inhabitation, discriminating sentiments, political reasons , Government actions, anti-Bangladeshi sentiment etc.2 The discriminative condition of Bengalis can be traced from Khoirabari massacre , Nellie massacre , Silapathar massacre , North Kamrup massacre , Goreswar massacre , Bongal Kheda etc. This has led to emergence of Bengali sub-nationalism in India as a form of protest and formation of many pro-Bengali organisations in India. The Indian Express . 10 January 2020. 'Bearing Witness': The Impact of Conflict on Women in Nagaland and Assam .

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"massacre" appeared 5 times in the opening in 2023. Today: absent from the opening. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hatred or opposition towards the Bengali people”. It now reads “Discrimination against Bengali people”. Read the current article and compare.
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Where the word went

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  • “massacre” was in the opening on October 6, 2023. Today 10 remain, 62% of the way down the article.

Sections that no longer exist

Present on October 6, 2023, absent today, with no near-matching heading in the current article and the article shorter overall, so this is not a renamed heading or a topic absorbed into a fuller treatment. 8 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 9,293 characters shorter.

  • Background
  • Khasi-Bengali strife
  • After 2000
  • Tripuri-Bengali strife
  • BJP
  • TIPRA Motha
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