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THREAD: The history India is silent on that must be revisited as we face the threat of #NRC detention. During the 1962 war with China, India rounded up thousands of Indians of Chinese descent saying they were "foreigners" & a threat, and jailed them for 5yrs in detention centres
2/ A book every Indian supporting the #NRC_CAA_NPR protests #MustRead if you really want to know how deep racist persecution runs through Indian history. Similarly, most Chinese rounded up and sent in trains to #detentioncentres in Deoli, Rajasthan, were from #Assam & #Bengal.
3/ The 3000 Chinese, the Indian govt put into detention centres in 1962 were 2nd/3rd generation in India. Many died in detention due to sickness & starvation. Most were FORCEFULLY deported but did not want to go as India was home! #NRC_CAA_NPR

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4/ There are terrifying parallels of state fascism & implementation of arbitrary laws between #NRC today that targets Muslims, and the Nehru govt's deporting/putting Chinese Indians into detention centres in 1962. Read excerpts from Yin Marsh's book 'Doing Time With Nehru' below.
5/ What will the government do with the millions it strips of citizenship with #NRC? The Chinese Indians stripped of Citizenship in 1962 had property &businesses confiscated & many were forcefully deported. Others born before 1950 have to renew a resident permit yearly till date!
6/ Makun was a Chinese village in Assam with about 3000 inhabitants of Chinese descent. When in 1962 the Indian govt arrested, detained & deported hundreds accusing them of being "foreigners" & spies, many never found their family members again. #NRC_CAA is a repeat of 1962.
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I reject #NRC in all states including Assam& NE. It's unacceptable that people from a state say that they want to be free to live/study/work/marry/settle in any part of India, BUT that they will not allow citizens from other states to live/study/work/marry/settle in their states.
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I never understood why many Indians support #subhashchandrabose's attempts to form an alliance with Hitler & Mussolini to fight the British in India. Do you think Hitler would have come in, ended British raj and waltzed out with a box of Laddus?

Seriously #Asking. Do explain.
Ok. But you didn't answer my question. There must be a conclusion to your thought process. I am just interested to know what it is.
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18L out of #NRC in #Assam are going to be imprisoned here. Some of them are being used as labor to build these detention centres. Are liberal Indians silent because 15L of 18L are Hindus? Don't they even care about the 3L Muslims? And 90% of the 18L are citizens. Not immigrants.
Members of the foreign tribunals in Assam are hired with huge salaries & perks to kick maximum out of #NRC. If they don't meet a quota they are given a bad report & fired. One member said they love their perks but up to 14L kicked out EASILY are citizens
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