He died the next day with 80 to 96% body burned (sources vary). News info and photos included! [few angles in the video]
At first, have a map. Location of Patan district (also in the Gujarat state):
On 15th of February 2018 (Thursday), a 61 yo Dalit activist - Bhanubhai Vankar - put himself on fire next to the Collector's office in Patan. He was protesting against the delay in allotment of land to Dalits by the Gujarat government in Patan district. In case you didn't know:
Dalit, term used to refer to any member of a wide range of social groups that were historically marginalized in Hindu caste society.
Quote on what exactly did Vankar and his activist bros want:
Vankar was an active member of the Jignesh Mewani-led Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch (RADM). Incidentally, Vankar and his fellow activists, Hema Vankar and Rama Chamar, had submitted a letter to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on 17 January claiming that they would resort to self-immolation if their demands were not met.
They had demanded that the land be allotted to Dalits of Dudhka village in Sami Taluka, Patan. The trio had also sent a letter to the Collector of Patan, Anand Patel, on 7 February claiming that they will light themselves on fire on 15 February at 1 pm – the copy of the letter in Gujarati was released on WhatsApp by the RADM.
He was taken to the local hospital, and in the evening moved to the Apollo Hospital in Gandhinagar (around 100 km or 62 mil southeast of Patan). However, he died the next day (Friday), late in the evening. Some sources say he suffered 96% body burns, other sources say 80%. The son of the deceased, Bhargav Vankar, claimed that his father didn't inform anyone about his self-immolation plans and went missing a week earlier.
Photos (including him when alive and well):
At the time of Vankar's protest, there were already nine persons detained before they could take any drastic measures at the same spot. Neither his death nor bandh caused the desired effect.
A district-wide bandh has been declared across Patan. Many shops and markets willingly remained closed, while those that were open were forcibly shut down by members of the Dalit community. Yet, the bandh has not had the desired affect that the Dalit community hoped for.
Other protests followed, but that's rather off-topic. Here is the article if anyone would care about the details.
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https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/news/dalit-activist-who-set-himself-on-fire-in-gujarat-dies
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Guess the Dalit is now just Lit
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Da Lit
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A 96% surface area burn, based on how burn percentages are calculated, would be akin to burning EVERY single part of your body, front and back, besides the front of your face and neck. Obviously it would be a bit more sporadic in this case, but that gives you a general idea as to how severe this is.
There is no surviving that. Even at a superficial (first degree) level, that can often be life threatening.
In massive burns such as this, the fluid within your cells and circulatory system begins to pool outwith, resulting in an increased volume of interstitial fluid. This results in death via 3 forms of shock; hypovolemic, distributive, and cardiogenic.
Am incredibly horrible, and sometimes very drawn out, way to die.
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Thanks for the comment, pinned! About the values, I'd love to know which one was correct. Either way, dude was fucked over before arriving to hospital.
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Appreciate it!
(but yeah, it's probably for the best that he did end up dying. The recovery can sometimes be worse than the actual incident itself.)
And as always, brilliant post from you once again!
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man how long does it take to figure this out
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A man made of fire
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Da lit 🔥🔥
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If his lungs was black now they are White
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Just another day in India……
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One of the only times i've seen the people around actually succeed in putting it out. Normally they sprinkle them with water and fan them with jackets then just give up.
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1.400.000.000 minus 1
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80-96%. Why can't they get like...closer? lol
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This is very odd form of protest. "If thigs don't change in the way I would like I will burn myself to death"....ok then...problem solved.
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Crazy. Am I missing something? I don't see how doing this could get them what they want?
Crazy! Great post.
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I bet that the reasons behind choosing such a way of protest would be a great topic for a scientific study. Dude got the attention he wanted, that's all. Left family without even letting them know what he's planning to do. Did he hope to become a symbol? No way that he didn't learn already that it's not gonna work as a protest.
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Lol funny you mention that. Just reading a bit about it...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9504707
Only abstract but shows other ppl have noticed and thought to study too!
Yes it's shit about the family.
Reading briefly, there was a tradition of it in India but it was usually women doing it. I wonder if it's linked with religion. 'm sure it will be in one of their holy texts somewhere...
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LOL I said pretty much the same things. It's ultimate in cutting off your nose to spite your face. In this case metling it off of course.
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Ikr. And reading the article, he was doing it in support of someone else? Maybe theres a cultural/ religious/ historical angle that I'm missing
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Awesome Dhalsim yoga flame cosplay 10/10
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Putting someone out, who INTENTIONALLY set themselves ablaze, IS A DICK MOVE! 100%
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You are actually too low iq to get a simple joke.....
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