| April 11, 2005 | - As pilgrims washed away their sins in India's sacred Narmada River, a dam was opened upstream, releasing a wall of water that drowned fifty-two people.
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ABC News
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| June 20, 2004 | - A Hindu ascetic was busy rolling his way 800 miles from India to Pakistan to promote world peace.
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Los Angeles Times
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| May 14, 2004 | - Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India resigned after his Hindu nationalist party lost in parliamentary elections; the Indian National Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, won a plurality and was expected to form a coalition government. Gandhi was expected to become the first foreign-born Indian premier.
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New York Times
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| April 1, 2003 | -
Gerhard Schroeder called for a larger German military so that the country can “count on our own forces.” Japan launched a new spy satellite despite threats from North Korea that doing so would trigger “disastrous consequences.” Islamic militants cut the noses off six Hindus in Kashmir.
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| March 25, 2003 | -
Islamic militants disguised in Indian army uniforms executed 24 Hindus in Kashmir after ordering them to line up next to their homes.
The victims included two young girls aged four and two.
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| September 10, 2002 | -
Hindu pilgrims were traveling to Bombay to worship a potato shaped like Lord Ganesha.
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| June 11, 2002 | -
McDonald's agreed to donate $10 million to Hindu and vegetarian organizations to settle a lawsuit over the false claim that its french fries were suitable for vegetarians.
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| June 5, 2001 | - Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal reportedly shot and killed most of the royal family, including his mother, Queen Aiswarya, and his father, King Birendra Bir Birkram Shah Dev (who as king was thought to be an incarnation of Vishnu, the Hindu god). Prince Dipendra then shot himself through the temple; he was crowned king as he lay unconscious in a hospital, and promptly died. Prince Gyanendra, his uncle, ascended to the throne and claimed that the royal deaths were the result of the “accidental firing of an automatic weapon.” Riots ensued.
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