Honour Killing of Women in India and Role of Education Mahfuz Alam Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education, Rammohon College Violence against women is a common practice around the world for a long time. Women are subject to male oppression and domination throughout the human civilization. Whenever a woman acts as an independent or goes against the family decision, it is considered that the woman has dishonoured the family. So, it becomes the solemn duty for the family members to teach her a lesson by killing her to protect the so called family honour. This brutal act of killing is called 'honour killing'. Generally the term 'honour killing' means the killing of a relative, especially a girl or woman, who is thought to have brought dishonour on the family. United Nations defines 'honour killing' as "the murder of a woman by a close family member or partner as a result of (suspected or alleged) shame being bought on a family by the action (a suspicion or allegation will be enough) of the woman". In a civil society, such violent crime like honour killing against women is completely not acceptable. It is also a severe violation of humanity. Education can play a crucial role to raise voice against such social crime. It was another sunny day in Tamilnadu in March, 2016. The road was crowded. A young couple Sankar and Kaushalya was on the street like others. Suddenly a gang of six persons attacked Sankar and Kuashalya. They left both heavily injured. Sankar died later but Kaushyalya survived miraculously. Police suspected the killers from the girl's family. Sankar, a dalit boy married Kaushyalya who was from upper caste and influential family. Her family disapproved the marriage and decided to teach a lesson by killing them both. In June, 2017, a 22years old girl, named Gulfasa was killed by her father for marrying against her family's will in Moradabad, U.P. In both the cases, the murderers thought that their family-honour was lost due to the girl's act. So, they decided to end their girl's life for protecting the family honour. In newspapers and media, we can find series of such violent acts against women for deciding their own. Women are subject to male oppression and domination throughout the human civilization. In the patriarchal world, women are considered as the second fiddle to the male partners. Their prime duty is to act as their male partners dictates. When they disobey, they get punished in several ways. They get tortured and sometimes, killed. In Indian sub-continent, the women are thought to be the family property and kind of puppets which only dance as their family wants. When a woman acts as an independent or decides her own, it becomes somehow necessary for the male members to end her life to maintain the family honour which has been questioned by the independent decision of the woman. Thousands of women are killed every year in the name of family honour in the Indian sub- continent. Honour Based