Case file · Witch trials
Birubala Rabha's stand against witch-hunts
In 1985 an ojha in Goalpara, Assam, told Birubala Rabha that her son was possessed by a fairy and would die; when he lived, she began a decades-long campaign against witch-branding.
1985 CE · 26.17, 90.62 · status: account
The account
Her work rescued dozens of women accused as witches and helped bring about the Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Act of 2015.