Jauhar
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Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, was a practice of mass self-immolation by Rajput kshatriya women and girls in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, sex slavery, enslavement, and rape wh
The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c. 1910
Sultan Alau'd Din put to Flight; Women of Ranthambhor commit Jauhar. Indian, Pahari style painting from c. 1825
The self-immolation (jauhar) of the Hindu women, during the Siege of Chittorgarh in 1568
Self-immolation
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Self-immolation is the act of setting oneself on fire. It is mostly done for political or religious reasons, often as a form of protest or in acts of martyrdom, and known for its disturbing and violen
Jauhar
…Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, was a practice of mass self-immolation by Rajput kshatriya women and girls in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, sex slavery, enslavement, and rape when facing certain defeat during…
In 1963, Thích Quảng Đức protested by self-immolation during South Vietnam's Buddhist crisis.
A Hindu widow burning herself with the corpse of her husband (sati), 1657
"Samosozhigateli (those who burn themselves)" by Grigoriy Myasoyedov, depicting Old Believers