The Holy Cows of Uttar Pradesh

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Such zeal isn unusual in UP, where cow protection has a long history. Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayananda Saraswati set up India first cattle sanctuary and cow protection council in Agra in the late 19th century. In 1966, various cow protection groups banded together to push for a total ban on cow slaughter in the country. Most of the activists hailed from Uttar Pradesh.

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A mosque in Muslim majority Aligarh district had its doors broken in July last year. Then someone pasted a message on its walls that said the daily prayers at the mosque, surrounded by Thakur dominated villages, must be discontinued.

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