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Anti-Hindu sentiment
Anti-Hindu sentiment is a negative perception or any sentiment against the practice and practitioners of Hinduism.
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Archbishop
In Christianity, an archbishop (via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος, from αρχι-, 'chief', and επίσκοπος, 'bishop') is a bishop of higher rank or office.
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Australians
Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are people associated with Australia, sharing a common history, culture, and language (Australian English).
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Bajrang Dal
The Bajrang Dal is a religious militant organisation that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP).
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Baptists
Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).
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Bargarh
Bargarh is a District and a municipality in Bargarh district in the state of Odisha, India.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (translation: Indian People's Party; BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress.
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Biju Janata Dal
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief minister Biju Patnaik, after whom the party was named.
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Bishop of Carlisle
The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York.
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Bishop of Oxford
The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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Caste system in India
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic example of caste.
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Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India or CBCI is the permanent association of the Catholic bishops of India.
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Central Bureau of Investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India.
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Central Reserve Police Force
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is the largest of India's Central Armed Police Forces.
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Chief minister
A chief minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national entity, for instance a administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity.
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Christianity in Odisha
Followers of Christianity are a small minority in Odisha state of India.
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CNN-News18
CNN-News18 (originally CNN-IBN) is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Rajdeep Sardesai located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
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Communist Party of India (Maoist)
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a Maoist communist party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through people's war.
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Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.
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Cuttack
Cuttack is the former capital and the second largest city in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
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Dalit
Dalit, meaning "broken/scattered" in Sanskrit and Hindi, is a term mostly used for the castes in India that have been subjected to untouchability.
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Dalit Christian
In the late 1880s, the Marathi word 'Dalit' was used by Mahatma Jotiba Phule for the outcasts and Untouchables who were oppressed and broken by Hindu society.
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Dara Singh (Bajrang Dal)
Dara Singh (né Ravinder Kumar Pal; born 2 October 1962) is a Bajrang Dal member who was convicted for leading the religious mob that murdered Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6) on 22 January 1999.
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District Collector (India)
A District Collector, often abbreviated to Collector, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district in India.
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Etawah
Etawah is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.
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Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj
The Evangelical Missionary Society of Mayurbhanj (EMSM) was established in 1895 at the instance of Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo, the then-Maharaja of Mayurbhanj State.
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Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism, evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, crossdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's atonement.
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Extremism
Extremism means, literally, "the quality or state of being extreme" or the "advocacy of extreme measures or views".
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Franciscans
The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders within the Catholic Church, founded in 1209 by Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Free will
Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded.
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Giridhar Gamang
Giridhar Gamang (born 8 April 1943) is a leader of the BJP and a former Chief Minister of Odisha.
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Government of Odisha
The Government of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch.
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Graham Staines
Graham Stuart Staines (1941 – 23 January 1999) was an Australian Christian missionary who, along with his two sons Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6), was burnt to death by a gang of Hindu Bajrang Dal fundamentalists while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Kendujhar district in Odisha, India on 23 January 1999.
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Hindu
Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Indian general election, 2009 (Odisha)
The Indian general election, 2009 in Odisha were held for 21 seats with the state going to polls in the first two phases of the general elections.
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Jagannath
Jagannath ('''ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ'''., IAST: Jagannātha, or Jagannatha) literally means "Lord of the Universe" and is a deity worshipped in regional traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism in India and Bangladesh.
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Juggernaut
A juggernaut, in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable.
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Kandhamal district
Kandhamal is a district of the state of Odisha, India.
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Khonds
Khonds (also spelled Kondha, Kandha, Khondho etc.) are a Dravidian-speaking tribal people of India.
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Lakshmanananda Saraswati
Lakshmanananda Saraswati (1926 – 23 August 2008), born Shravan Krishna Navami, also known as Swami Lakshmanananda, was a Hindu monk and a highly revered social leader who lived a life dedicated to tribal welfare.
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Looting
Looting, also referred to as sacking, ransacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting.
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Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh (born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
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Manoj Pradhan
Manoj Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was convicted of murder in January 2010.
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Member of the Legislative Assembly
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), or a Member of the Legislature (ML), is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction.
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Missionary
A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.
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National Commission for Minorities
Constitution of India doesn't define the word 'Minority' but has used the word minorities considering two attributes religion or language of a person.
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National Council of Churches in India
The National Council of Churches in India is the Ecumenical Forum of the Protestant and Orthodox Churches in India.
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National Human Rights Commission of India
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
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Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ)(born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician who is the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha.
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Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between Maoist groups, known as Naxalites or Naxals, and the Indian government.
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News.com.au
news.com.au is an Australian news and entertainment website owned by News Corp Australia.
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Odisha
Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.
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Odoric of Pordenone
Odoric of Pordenone, ofm (1286–1331), also known as Odorico Mattiussi or Mattiuzzi, was an Italian late-medieval Franciscan friar and missionary explorer.
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Other Backward Class
Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify castes which are socially or educationally or economically disadvantaged.
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Pana
In Inuit mythology, Pana was the god who cared for souls in the underworld (Adlivun) before they were reincarnated.
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Partition of India
The Partition of India was the division of British India in 1947 which accompanied the creation of two independent dominions, India and Pakistan.
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Pastor
A pastor is an ordained leader of a Christian congregation.
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Persecution of Christians
The persecution of Christians can be historically traced from the first century of the Christian era to the present day.
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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI (Benedictus XVI; Benedetto XVI; Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger;; 16 April 1927) served as Pope and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013.
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Pravin Togadia
Pravin Togadia is an Indian doctor and an advocate for Hindu nationalism.
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Puri
Puri is a city and a Municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India.
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Radhakant Nayak
Radhakant Nayak is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party.
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Raphael Cheenath
Raphael Cheenath (29 December 1934 – 14 August 2016) was the archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India.
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, abbreviated as RSS (Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsēvaka Saṅgha, IPA:, lit. "National Volunteer Organisation" or "National Patriotic Organisation"), is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Ratha Yatra (Puri)
Ratha Yatra or Ratha Jatra or Chariot Festival is a Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri in the state of Odisha, India.
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Religious conversion
Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others.
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Religious intolerance
Religious intolerance is intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices or lack thereof.
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Religious violence in Odisha
Religious violence in Odisha is civil unrest and riots in the remote forest region surrounding Kandhamal district in western parts of the Indian state of Odisha.
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Reuters
Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
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Sabyasachi Panda
Sabyasachi Panda is a self-described "Naxalite-Maoist leader" from India.
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Sangh Parivar
The Sangh Parivar (Family of Organisations) refers to the family of Hindu nationalist organisations which have been started by members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) or drew inspiration from its ideology.
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Sannyasa
Sannyasa is the life stage of renunciation within the Hindu philosophy of four age-based life stages known as ashramas, with the first three being Brahmacharya (bachelor student), Grihastha (householder) and Vanaprastha (forest dweller, retired).
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Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi (born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician of Italian descent.
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Special Operation Group
The Special Operation Group is a special paramilitary unit in the state of Odisha which specializes in anti-insurgency operations.
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Station wagon
A station wagon, also called an estate car, estate wagon, or simply wagon or estate, is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid.
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Sundergarh
Sundergarh is a town in Sundergarh district of the Indian state of Odisha.
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Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review.
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Taboo
In any given society, a taboo is an implicit prohibition or strong discouragement against something (usually against an utterance or behavior) based on a cultural feeling that it is either too repulsive or dangerous, or, perhaps, too sacred for ordinary people.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Times of India
The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.
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United Progressive Alliance
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a coalition of centre-left political parties in India formed after the 2004 general election.
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United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is a U.S. federal government commission created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
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Untouchability
Untouchability is the practice of ostracising a group by segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand.
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Violence against Christians in India
Anti-Christian violence in India refers to religiously-motivated violence against Christians in India.
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Vishva Hindu Parishad
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (IAST: Viśva Hindū Pariṣada, pronunciation:, translation: World Hindu Council), abbreviated VHP, is an Indian right-wing Hindu nationalist organisation based on the ideology of Hindutva.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_violence_in_Odisha
