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Domestic violence is a prevalent form of gender-based violence against women. Regardless of the extent, every form of unlawful act is considered a form of abuse. To assess the trend of domestic violence against women over the last 8 years and the factors affecting the changing trends of domestic violence against women. Data were taken from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4 and NFHS-5) reports. A total of 79,729 women completed the NFHS-4 module, and 72,056 women completed the NFHS-5 module. Data used in this study are based on publicly available secondary data from the NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 surveys. The type of population included never-married and ever-married women with respect to their experiences of violence committed by their current and former husbands. A decreasing trend of domestic violence from 31.2% to 29.3% was observed. 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