List of massacres in India

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A massacre is the deliberate slaughter of members of one group by one or more members of another more powerful group. A massacre may be indiscriminate or highly methodical in application. A massacre is a single event, though it may occur during the course of an extended military campaign or war. A massacre is separate from a battle (an event in which opposing sides fight), but may follow in its immediate aftermath, when one side has surrendered or lost the ability to fight, yet the victors persist in killing their opponents.

Massacres

Name/Place Date Location Deaths Notes Ref
Massacres after the battle of Panipat 1761 Panipat 40,000-70,000 Maratha soldiers About 22,000 Maratha women and young children enslaved [1][2]
Mangalore Christian massacre 1784-1799 Serirangapatanam, Karnataka 5,600 Persecution of Mangalore Catholic Christians by Tippu Sultan [3]
Massacres by General Neill June–July 1857 Allahabad, Kanpur and surrounding areas Thousands of Indian mutineers, suspected rebels and civilians The massacres at Allahabad took place before the Bibighar massacre; the ones at Kanpur after it [4]
Satichaura Ghat massacre 27 June 1857 Kanpur Around 200 British officers Massacre by Nana Sahib's forces [5]
Bibighar massacre 15 July 1857 Kanpur Around 200 British women and children The victims were prisoners under Nana Sahib's forces. The massacre was carried out by a group of butchers, but who ordered it remains unclear. [6]
Jhokan Bagh massacre 8 June 1857 Jhansi European officers, their wives and children (60 Europeans) Some of the sepoys of the 12th Bengal Native Infantry were responsible for the massacre
Jhansi massacre 3–4 April 1858 Jhansi Majority of the population, ~5,000 killed, after rebel city Jhansi was captured by British forces commanded by Sir Hugh Rose. After the city was captured street fighting continued into the following day and no quarter was given, even to women and children. "No maudlin clemency was to mark the fall of the city" wrote Thomas Lowe. [7][8]
Kuka(Namdhari) massacre at Malerkotla 17–18 January 1872 Malerkotla ~65 Kuka(Namdhari) Killed Mr. Cowan(the Deputy Commissioner of Ludhiana) and Mr.Forsyth(the Commissioner of Ambala) ordered the Namdharis to be blown away with guns, without any trial, on 17 and 18 January 1872 respectively. [9]
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 13 April 1919 Amritsar 379-1,000 mostly Sikhs, some Muslims and Hindus British Police open fire on innocent group of people.

850 Sikhs dead, 50 Hindus, 100 Muslim killed(rounded)
Moplah Rebellion 1922 Malabar, Kerala 2,337-10,000 Hindus (1,00,000 Hindus permanently migrated). Khilafat Movement considered as main clause.
Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre 23 April 1930 Peshawar 20-400 Hindu - Muslims By British Police
Culcutta Riots 15 August-17 September 1946 West Bengal 5,000 to 10,000 killed. Majority Hindus. Hindus and Muslims clashed during a protest by All India Muslim League [10]
Noakhali riots September - October 1946 East Bengal now Bangladesh 5,000 Hindus By Muslims in reaction to Culcutta killings. Muslim community attacked Hindu community for wealth and forced conversion to Islam. Around 50,000 to 75,000 survivors were sheltered in temporary relief camps [11][12][13]
Bihar Massacre 30 October - 7 November 1946 Bihar 2,000-30,000 Muslims By Hindus in reaction to Noakhali riots [14]
Garhmukteshwar Anti-Muslim Violence November 1946 United Provinces now Uttar Pradesh at least 214 Muslims partition of the country into India and Pakistan loomed. [15]
After 15 August 1947 (Independent India)
Partition of India 1947 Punjab Estimated 1 million on both sides Massacre of Sikhs and Hindus by Muslims in West Punjab and of Muslims by Sikhs and Hindus in East Punjab.
Hyderabad massacre of 1948 1948 Hyderabad Massacred by Muslims, since the army and police unarmed all in the state but let the Muslims keep their weapons after the Nizam was defeated. [16][16]
1969 Gujarat riots 1969 Gujarat 660 Hindu-Muslim riots; 430 Muslims
Turkman gate demolition and rioting 1976 Delhi officially 6, unofficially 150 killed by police (nearly all Muslims) Killing of Delhi residents who refused to move residence. [17]
Marichjhapi incident January 31, 1979 West Bengal Official figures 2, Hindustan Times quotes 50 to 1000 Hindu refugees Killing of refugees who came from East Pakistan [18]
Moradabad riots 1980 Uttar Pradesh Officially 400; unofficial estimates as high as 2500. Started as a Muslim-Police conflict; later turned into a Hindu-Muslim riot [19]
Mandai massacre 1980 Tripura 255-500 Bengali Hindu refugees [20]
Nellie massacre 18 February 1983 Assam 2,191 Muslims
Train Passenger massacre I (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 23 February 1984 Punjab 11 Hindus
1984 anti-Sikh riots 31 October - 4 November 1984 Delhi 2800 Sikhs all over India Rioting by Indian National Congress Party members after Assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards
Hondh-Chillar massacre (part of the 1984 anti-Sikh massacres) 2 November 1984 Hondh-Chillar, Haryana 32 Sikhs Rioting by Indian National Congress Party members after Assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards
Desri Ground massacre (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 28 March 1986 Ludhiana, Punjab 13 Hindus
Mallian massacre (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 29 March 1986 Jalandhar, Punjab 20 Hindu labourers
Bus Passenger massacre III (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 25 July 1986 Mukatsar, Punjab 15 Hindus
Bus Passenger massacre IV (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 30 November 1986 Khudda, Punjab 24 Hindus
Hashimpura massacre 22 May 1987 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 42 Muslims
Bus Passenger massacre V (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) July 1987 Fatehbad, Haryana 80 Hindus
Jagdev Kalan massacre(part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 6 August 1987 Punjab 13 Hindus
Rajbah massacre (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 31 March 1988 Punjab 18 Hindus belonging to 1 family
Bhagalpur riots October 1989 Bhagalpur, Bihar The total dead numbered around 1000, around 900 were Muslims; it was difficult to establish the religious identity of other victims. Two false rumors about the killing of Hindu students started circulating: one rumor stated that nearly 200 Hindu university students had been killed by the Muslims, while another rumor stated that 31 Hindu boys had been murdered with their bodies dumped in a well at the Sanskrit College.
Ethnic cleansing of Hindu Pandits 1990s Kashmir 219-399 Hindus 140,000 to 192,000 Hindus were forced to abandon their ancestral land. [21][21][22]
Gawakadal massacre 20 January 1990 Srinagar, Kashmir 50 Kashmiri protesters Firing on procession by Indian CRPF
Rajbah massacre (part of the terrorist incidents in Punjab) 31 March 1988 Punjab 18 Hindus belonging to 1 family
Train Passenger massacre II (part of the 1991 Punjab killings) 15 June 1988 Ludhiana, Punjab 80 ( mostly Hindus)
Train Passenger massacre III (part of the 1991 Punjab killings) December 1988 Ludhiana, Punjab 49 ( mostly Hindus)
Gawakadal massacre January 20, 1990 Jammu and Kashmir 50 Muslims-Hindus Firing by Indian Army
Ayodhya massacre October 30, 1990 Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh 200 Hindus Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered to police firing on devotee Karsevaks and the dead bodies thrown in Saryu river. [23][24][25]
Bombay Riots December 1992 - January 1993 Mumbai 575 Muslims, 275 Hindus, 45 unknown and 5 others Hindu-Muslim communal riot as an effect of Demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayoddha by Hindu Karsevaks.
Sopore massacre 6 January 1993 Sopore, Kashmir 55 Muslims-Hindus Firing on procession by Indian BSF
Bijbehara Massacre October 22, 1993 Bijbehara, Kashmir 55 Muslims-Hindus Firing by Indian Army
Laxmanpur Bathe massacre 1 December 1997 Arwal district, Bihar 58 Upper caste Ranvir Sena enter village at night and kill 58 Dalits, were sympathizers of the Maoists behind the killing of 37 upper caste men in Bara in Gaya district in 1992. [26]
1998 Wandhama massacre 25 January 1998 Wandhama, Jammu and Kashmir 23 Hindus Muslim Terrorist groups
1998 Prankote massacre 17 April 1998 Jammu and Kashmir 26 Hindus
1998 Chapnari massacre 19 June 1998 Chapnari, Jammu and Kashmir 25 Hindus Muslim Terrorist groups
1998 Chamba massacre 3 August 1998 Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh 35 Hindus Communal Riots
Chittisinghpura massacre 20 March 2000 Chittisinghpura, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir 36 Sikhs Muslim Terrorist groups
Gourangatilla massacre 2000 Tripura 16 non-tribal Hindus By Christian extremist. Part of Christian terrorism in Tripura [27]
Bagber massacre 20 May 2000 Tripura 25 non-tribal Hindus By Christian extremist. Part of Christian terrorism in Tripura [27]
Tripura Tribal massacre (Part of Christian terrorism in Tripura) 1999-2000 Tripura 20 tribal Hindus Includes murder of tribal Hindu spiritual leader Shanti Kali, and Hindu religious leader Labh Kumar Jamatia. [28][29]
Nanoor massacre 27 July 2000 West Bengal 11 labourers
2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre 1 August 2000 Jammu and Kashmir 30 (Hindu pilgrims) Muslim Terrorist groups
2001 Kishtwar massacre 3 August 2001 Jammu and Kashmir 19 Hindus Muslim Terrorist groups
Godhra massacre 27 February 2002 Godhra, Gujarat 59 Hindus Hindu passengers burnt alive in a train fire.The commission set up by the Government of Gujarat to investigate the train burning spent 6 years going over the details of the case, and concluded that the fire was arson committed by a mob of 1000-2000 people.A court convicted 31 Muslims for the incident and the conspiracy for the crime. [30][31][32]
2002 Gujarat Violence 28 February 2002 Ahmedabad 2,044 people were killed(1254 Muslims and 790 Hindus). Communal Violence
Gulbarg Society massacre (part of the 2002 Gujarat violence) 28 February 2002 Ahmedabad 69 (mostly Muslims)(21 were Hindus) Hindu-Muslim mobs
Naroda Patiya massacre (part of the 2002 Gujarat violence) 28 February 2002 Naroda, Ahmedabad 97 Muslims Hindu mobs. Main accused, BJP MLA & a member of the then CM and current PM Modi's cabinet member, Maya Kodnani is sentenced to 28 years jail but had spend hardly a year in jail as she is out on bail in the name tuberculosis. Another accused, a member of the right wing Hindu organisaion called Bajrang dal, Babu Bajrangi is also out on bail in the name of diminished eye sight. Riots between Hindus and Muslims after Sabarmati Express is set afire at Godhra railway station. Godhra Train Burning [33][34][35]
Raghunath Hindu temple massacre I (part of 2002 Raghunath temple attacks) 30 March 2002 Jammu & Kashmir 11 Hindus killed, 20 injured (Hindu devotees) Muslim Terrorist
2002 Qasim Nagar massacre 13 July 2002 Jammu and Kashmir 29 Hindus Terror Attack
Akshardham Temple attack 24 September 2002 Gujarat 29 killed, 79 injured (Hindu devotees) Muslim insurgent groups
Raghunath Hindu temple massacre II (part of 2002 Raghunath temple attacks) 24 November 2002 Jammu & Kashmir 14 killed, 45 injured (mostly Hindu devotees) Muslim insurgent groups
2003 Nadimarg Massacre 23 March 2002 Jammu and Kashmir 24 Hindus Muslim insurgent groups
2002 Kaluchak massacre 14 May 2002 Jammu and Kashmir 31 Muslim insurgent groups attack Tourist bus and Army's family quarter attacked.
Marad Massacre May 2003 Kerala 8 killed, 58 injured - A.
2006 Varanasi bombings March 2006 Uttar Pradesh 28 killed, 101 injured -Devotees of Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple targeted Terrorist attack Hindu temple.
2006 Doda massacre 30 April 2006 Jammu & Kashmir 35 Hindus Muslim Insurgents
Samjhauta Express Massacre 18 February 2007 Diwana station 68 people mostly Pakistani nationals and some Indians including some Railway employees As of 2011, nobody has been charged for the crime yet. It has been allegedly linked to Abhinav Bharat, a Hindu fundamentalist group in India. [36]
Tumudibandh massacre (part of the Murder of Swami Lakshmanananda) August 2008 Orissa 5 Hindus By Christian extremists
Kandhamal riots August 2008 Orissa 42 Christians By Hindu extremists groups [37]
Mumbai massacre 26 November 2008 Mumbai 164+(11 Attacker) & (600+ Injuries) 11 coordinated attacks by foreign terrorists; casualties include people of various nationalities, and Israeli victims were reportedly tortured before being killed. [38]
2010 Dantewada bus bombing 17 May 2010 Chhattisgarh 76 Maoist terrorist attacked civilian bus
2012 Assam violence July 2012 Assam 77 Racial sentiments of the majority Assamese and Bodo community towards the local Bengali speaking Muslim community leads to several attempts to deport the minority Bengali Muslums to Bangladesh forcefully, thus with a protest in defence from the other party, Communal violence broke out between Assamese, Bodos (Tribal, Christian & Hindu faith) and Bengali speaking Muslims
2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley 25 May 2013 Chhattisgarh 28 28 people from a Congress Party motorcade
2013 Muzaffarnagar riots 25 August 2013 - 17 September 2013 Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh 42 Muslims and 20 Hindus killed and 93 injured Eve-teasing, murder of a Muslim boy, then public lynching of the murderers (two Hindu boys) triggered communal riot between the Jats & the Muslim community.
2014 Meerut riots 10 May 2014 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh 3 killed and 50 injured [39][40]
2014 Saharanpur riots 25 July 2014 Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh 3 killed and 33 injured [41]

See also

References

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  21. 1 2 U S Congress Bill
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  27. 1 2 19 Killed in Tripura Massacre Rerun
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