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The partition caused a mass migration with Muslims moving from India into Pakistan and non-Muslims moving from Pakistan into India. Muslims continued to conduct forced circumcisions at this time.<ref name="fcirc"/> | The partition caused a mass migration with Muslims moving from India into Pakistan and non-Muslims moving from Pakistan into India. Muslims continued to conduct forced circumcisions at this time.<ref name="fcirc"/> | ||
==The foreskin in India== | ==The foreskin in India== | ||
Indian men avoid circumcision.<ref>{{REFweb | Indian men avoid [[circumcision]].<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.hoshyoga.org/why-do-indians-dont-get-circumcised/ | |url=https://www.hoshyoga.org/why-do-indians-dont-get-circumcised/ | ||
|title=Why do Indians don’t get circumcised? | |title=Why do Indians don’t get circumcised? | ||
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=== Medical circumcision === | === Medical circumcision === | ||
Circumcision of adult male for medical indications is also practiced. There are urologists who advertise and promote their services. It is not clear that Indian urologists offer conservative prepuce-preserving treatment of [[foreskin]] conditions to [[intact]] Indian men. The Urological Society of India does not offer guidelines on the conservative prepuce-preserving treatment of [[phimosis]].<ref name="usi2024">{{REFweb | Circumcision of adult male for medical indications is also practiced. There are urologists who advertise and promote their services. It is not clear that Indian urologists offer conservative prepuce-preserving treatment of [[foreskin]] conditions to [[intact]] Indian men. The [https://www.usi.org.in/ Urological Society of India] does not offer guidelines on the conservative prepuce-preserving treatment of [[phimosis]].<ref name="usi2024">{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://usi.org.in/index.php | |url=https://usi.org.in/index.php | ||
|title=Urological Society of India | |title=Urological Society of India | ||
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== The prevalence of circumcision == | == The prevalence of circumcision == | ||
The World Population Review (2024) and [[Brian J. Morris]] (2016) both estimate that 13.5 percent of Indian males are [[circumcised]],<ref>{{REFweb | The [https://www.nfhsiips.in/nfhsuser/index.php National Family Health Survey] (2015) found that the prevalence of [[circumcision]] varies among the Indian states as shown on a map. The national average was reported to be 15.67 percent.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Kerala/comments/zoumv5/circumcision_among_indian_states/#lightbox | |||
|title=Percentage of Males Who are Circumcised in Each State | |||
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|publisher=National Family Health Survey | |||
|date=1915 | |||
|accessdate=2025-01-19 | |||
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The [https://worldpopulationreview.com/ World Population Review] (2024) and [[Brian J. Morris]] (2016) both estimate that 13.5 percent of Indian males are [[circumcised]],<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/circumcision-by-country | |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/circumcision-by-country | ||
|title=Circumcision by Country 2024 | |title=Circumcision by Country 2024 | ||
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[[Category:Asia]] | [[Category:Asia]] | ||
[[Category:Circumcision]] | [[Category:Circumcision]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Country]] | ||
[[Category:Education]] | [[Category:Education]] | ||
[[Category:Male circumcision]] | [[Category:Male circumcision]] | ||
[[Category:Statistics]] | [[Category:Statistics]] | ||
[[Category:India]] | |||
[[de:Indien]] | [[de:Indien]] | ||