'Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar,[1][2] was a Hindu Rajput practice of mass self-immolation by females, both adults and children,[3] in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, enslavement[4] and rape by Turko-Persian Islamic invaders[5] when facing certain defeat during a war.[6][7][8] Some reports of jauhar mention women committing self-immolation along with their children'
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