Goreswar massacre
The Goreswar massacre was the massacre of Bengali Hindus in Goreswar, in the Kamrup district (now Baksa district) of the Indian state of Assam. The massacre was part of a pre-planned pogrom, organized in a meeting of the local Teachers' Association.
| Goreswar massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Goreswar, Kamrup district (now Baksa district), Assam, India |
| Date | 3 July 1960 (UTC+5:30) |
| Target | Bengali Hindus |
Attack type | Massacre, ethnic cleansing, pogrom |
| Weapons | Guns, spears, swords, scythes, bows and arrows |
| Deaths | At least 9 men and 1 woman |
| Injured | More than 1,000 50,000 people fled to West Bengal |
| Perpetrators | Assamese mobs |
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