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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
|last=Anonymous
|first=
|init=
|author-link=
|publisher=National Family Health Survey
|date=1915
|accessdate=2025-01-19
}}</ref>
 
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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