Historical eventDecember 162012

2012 Delhi gang rape and murder

A woman was gang-raped and fatally assaulted on a bus in Delhi, generating protests across India against inadequate security for women.

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When
Sunday, December 16 201214 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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Dates: From 2012.

What happened

The 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved the gang rape and murder of a 22-year-old woman, Jyoti Singh, in a moving bus on 16 December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in Delhi, India. The assault took place when Jyoti, a physical therapy intern, was beaten, gang raped, and tortured in a private bus in which she was travelling with her friend, Avnindra Pratap Pandey. There were six other men in the bus, including the driver, all of whom raped the woman and beat her friend.

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December 16 2012 — 14 years ago, on a Sunday.

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