Death in India

thumb|The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, 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 a war. Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children, Jauhar performed to avoid rape and necrophilia by the invading armies. This practice was historically observed in the northwest regions of India, with the mo

anniversary celebrated on the day on which an individual died

Thalaikoothal (, ) is the traditional practice of senicide (killing of the elderly) or involuntary euthanasia, by their own family members, observed in some parts of southern districts of Tamil Nadu state of India.

overview of maternal mortality in India

ceremony in Northern India

crematorium in Kolkata, India

Legal history of euthanasia in India