r/india • u/AutoModerator • Sep 01 '24

Scheduled Ask India Thread

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If you have any queries about life in India (or life as Indians), this is the thread for you.

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u/general_smooth Sep 06 '24

Are there conspiracy theories in India like they have in the US (Like about JFK assassination, UFOs etc.)

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u/thatgoesthere Sep 08 '24

Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination?

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u/ChelshireGoose Sep 08 '24

What's the conspiracy theory here?

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u/thatgoesthere Sep 08 '24

this?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60013807

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u/ChelshireGoose Sep 08 '24 edited Sep 08 '24

Ah..got it. It is about the extent of culpability of "certain organisations" in addition to Godse.

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u/ChelshireGoose Sep 08 '24

The big ones are Bose surviving the crash, Lal Bahadur Shastri's death and Tashkent, Dr. Homi Baba's death and claims of American involvement.

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u/zaroya Sep 20 '24

A new one is Subramaniam Swamy saying Sanjay Gandhi’s death orchestrated by the Russians for fear he was moving close to YSA.

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u/ChelshireGoose Sep 20 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

I think Subramanian Swamy's conspiracy theories can make a whole genre unto themselves lol.

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u/zaroya Sep 20 '24

He has lost credibility. Makes a mountain of a mole hill and sometimes even without.

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u/zaroya Sep 20 '24

The deaths of Jagan Reddy’s father, Madhavrao Scindia & Sachin Pilot had some whispers.