The Blood of Our Ancestors: Hindu Genocide
History is written by the victors. For a thousand years, Hindus were not the victors. This page is not an invitation to argument; it is a presentation of evidence. We list here not isolated incidents, but a pattern of systematic persecution, ethnic cleansing, and genocide designed to erase us from our own lands. We remember. We do not forgive. We do not forget.
Kashmiri Pandits - The Wound That Will Not Heal
Kashmiri Pandits, the indigenous people of Kashmir, faced four major exoduses under Islamic regimes:
Sultan Sikandar (1389–1413)
Nicknamed Butshikan (“temple destroyer”), he imposed Sharia law, banned Hindu practices, razed temples, and issued an ultimatum: convert, flee, or die. Thousands of Pandits were forced to abandon their homeland.
Chak Dynasty (1550s–1580s)
Sectarian Shia rulers who targeted both Sunnis and Pandits. Hindu officials were purged, temples desecrated, and the Pandit community endured systemic repression and expulsion.
Afghan Durrani Rule (1752–1819)
Arguably the darkest era. Afghan governors treated Pandits as second-class citizens, imposed heavy jizya (non-Muslim tax), and sanctioned abductions and forced conversions. Public executions were not uncommon.
Islamist Insurgency (1989–1990)
Armed militants chanted: “Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv” (“Convert, Die, or Flee”). Assassinations, temple burnings, and open threats forced over 100,000 Pandits to flee overnight, leaving behind homes, temples, and ancestral graves.
This was not “peaceful demographic change.” It was centuries of fear, blood, and exile.
Unfortunately for the invaders, they are still alive and remember!
The Bengal Genocide (1971)
During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Pakistani army and its Islamist allies specifically targeted Hindus. 3 million were killed, with hundreds of thousands of Hindu women raped. It was not a political war; it was a religious cleansing.
The Mappila Massacres (1921)
In Kerala, the Moplah (Mappila) Muslim rebellion targeted Hindus with extreme brutality. Thousands were slaughtered, forced to convert, or enslaved. An entire generation of Hindus in Malabar was traumatized by the atrocities, which included desecrating temples and raping Hindu women.
The Goan Inquisition (1560-1812)
Under Portuguese rule, Hindus were subjected to one of the most brutal inquisitions in history. They were tortured, executed, and their children were forcibly taken to be raised as Christians if they refused to convert, while Christians had been living peacefully in Kerala since Saint Thomas the Apostle. This was a European attempt to annihilate Hinduism in one of its oldest strongholds.
The Reason for the Sena
This is not ancient history. The blood is still wet. The 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pandits happened in our parents' lifetime. The Bangladesh genocide is happening now. Every one of these atrocities was allowed to happen because Hindus were divided, disarmed, and taught that their own survival was a sin.
Sanatan Sena exists to ensure this ledger never gets another entry.
We are the answer to the centuries of silence. We are the unbroken promise: Never Again.