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#Uttawar #ForcedSterilisation #TheEmergencyIndia #HumanRights #IndianHistory #FamilyPlanningImpact #Eugenics

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1976, the government of #India forcibly sterilized 800 #Muslim men in #Uttawar. This took place in the context of #IndiraGandhi's dictatorial rule during #TheEmergency of '75-'77. Her son, #SanjayGandhi, pushed mass #vasectomy onto 8 million men by force.