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	During the ] rape was an extensive issue.<ref name=Žarkov>{{cite book\|last=Žarkov\|first=Dubravka\|title=The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-Up of Yugoslavia\|year=2007\|publisher=Duke University Press\|isbn=978-0822339663\|page=172}}</ref> It is estimated that during the partition, up to 100,000 women were kidnapped and raped.<ref name=Butalia>{{cite book\|last=Butalia\|first=Urvashi\|title=Writings on Human Rights, Law and Society in India: A Combat Law Anthology\|publisher=Human Rights Law Network\|isbn=81-89479-78-4\|editor=Harsh Dobhal\|page=598}}</ref>		During the ] rape was an extensive issue.<ref name=Žarkov>{{cite book\|last=Žarkov\|first=Dubravka\|title=The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-Up of Yugoslavia\|year=2007\|publisher=Duke University Press\|isbn=978-0822339663\|page=172}}</ref> It is estimated that during the partition, up to 100,000 women were kidnapped and raped.<ref name=Butalia>{{cite book\|last=Butalia\|first=Urvashi\|title=Writings on Human Rights, Law and Society in India: A Combat Law Anthology\|publisher=Human Rights Law Network\|isbn=81-89479-78-4\|editor=Harsh Dobhal\|page=598}}</ref> </ref> The rape of Muslim women by Hindu males during this period is well documented, with women also being complicit in these attacks.<ref name=Chowdhry>{{cite book\|last=Chowdhry\|first=Geeta\|title=Women, States, and Nationalism: At Home in the Nation?\|year=2000\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-0415221726\|edition=1st\|editor=Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, Mary Ann Tétreaul\|page=107}}</ref>

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During the Partition of India rape was an extensive issue. It is estimated that during the partition, up to 100,000 women were kidnapped and raped. </ref> The rape of Muslim women by Hindu males during this period is well documented, with women also being complicit in these attacks.

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Žarkov, Dubravka (2007). The Body of War: Media, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Break-Up of Yugoslavia. Duke University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0822339663.
Butalia, Urvashi. Harsh Dobhal (ed.). Writings on Human Rights, Law and Society in India: A Combat Law Anthology. Human Rights Law Network. p. 598. ISBN 81-89479-78-4.
Chowdhry, Geeta (2000). Sita Ranchod-Nilsson, Mary Ann Tétreaul (ed.). Women, States, and Nationalism: At Home in the Nation? (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 978-0415221726.

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