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List Of Massacres In Jammu And Kashmir
The human right abuses and some of the massacres in the history of Jammu and Kashmir are listed below. 1931 Dogra rule * 1931 kashmir agitation 1947 Partition of India * 1947 Jammu massacres *1947-1948 Rajouri massacre *1947 Mirpur massacre 1980s and 1990s Kashmiri Hindus *Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus 1990 Indian security forces * Gawakadal massacre *Handwara massacre * Zakoora and Tengpora massacre * Hawl Massacre 1993 Indian security forces * Bijbehara massacre *Sopore massacre * 1993 Lal Chowk fire 1994 Indian security forces * Kupwara massacre 1995 Terrorists * 1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir 1997 Terrorists *1997 Sangrampora massacre 1998 Terrorists *1998 Wandhama massacre * 1998 Prankote massacre * 1998 Champanari massacre 2000 Terrorists * 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre *Chittisinghpura massacre 2001 Terrorists * 2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre *2001 Kishtwar massacre *2001 Kot Charwal massacre 2002 Terrorists * 2002 Amarnath pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jammu And Kashmir (union Territory)
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.(a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories. China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Prankote Massacre
The 1998 Prankote massacre was the beheading of 26 Hindus by Islamist militants in the villages of Prankote and Dakikote in the Udhampur district (now in Reasi district) of the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on 17 April, 1998. Aftermath It took 10 hours for news to reach the authorities and security forces reached only after a day. Then Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said "This a shocking incident. I have seen tragedies earlier, but this was bloodcurdling. No bullets were fired, the villagers were butchered." The massacre led forced migration of nearly 1,000 people to Reasi, Pouni Thanpal, Chasana and other towns of the district. In April 2008, the mastermind of this attack - Abdul Haque alias Jahangir, an Islamic terrorist belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahideen ( ar, حزب المجاھدین, ), is an Islamism, Islamist militant organization operating in the Kashmir region. Its goal is to separate K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Doda Massacre
2006 Doda Massacre refers to the massacre of 35 Hindu civilians by unidentified extremists in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 30 April, 2006. Attacks Two separate attacks took place on 30 April 2006 in close-by areas. In the first attack, twenty-two unarmed Hindu villagers, mostly shepherds or their families, were lined up and gunned down in Thawa village in Kulhand area of Doda district. The victims included a 3-year-old girl. Ten to twelve people wearing Indian Army uniforms carried our the massacre. The doctor who was sent to do the post mortem examination suffered a heart attack on seeing the bodies and was admitted to the hospital. The second attack occurred in the Lalon Galla village in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district. Thirty-five Hindu shepherds were kidnapped and shot dead on the same day. The attacks were believed to have been an attempt to derail the impending talks between the Indian government and the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. Perpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Teli Katha Massacre
2004 Teli Katha massacre was the killing of twelve Muslim Gujjars by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants on 26 June 2004 in the village of Teli Katha (also called Tiali Katha by some sources) in Surankote Tehsil in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.12 Kashmiris Killed in Their Sleep '''', 27 June 2004 Background A violent has been going on in Jammu and Kashmir sin ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Raghunath Temple Attacks
2002 Raghunath Temple bombings refers to two fidayeen attacks in 2002 on the Raghunath Temple in Jammu in India. Built by Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1860, the Raghunath temple is dedicated to Hindu God Rama. March attack The first attack occurred on 30 March 2002 when two suicide bombers attacked the temple. Eleven persons including three security personnel were killed and 20 were injured. The attack occurred around 10:20 AM when the muslim terrorists arrived and fired at the guards killing them on the spot. They then stormed the temple, threw a grenade and fired indiscriminately at the worshippers. After expending his ammunition one of the attackers who was wearing a suicide vest blew himself up. Then Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Omar Abdullah, blamed Pakistan for the terrorist attacks on the Raghunath temple in Jammu and ruled out withdrawing troops from the border, saying Islamabad had done nothing to warrant it. November attack The fidayeen suicide squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Kaluchak Massacre
The Kaluchak Massacre was a terrorist attack on 14 May 2002 near the town of Kaluchak in the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir. Three militants attacked a Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus from the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh from Manali to Jammu and killed 7 people. After that they entered the family quarter of the Army and fired indiscriminately at the inmates, killing 23 persons, including 10 children, eight women and five Army men. The age of the children killed ranged from four to 10 years. Thirty-four people were injured in the attack. The massacre The terrorists reportedly crossed the Line of Control from Pakistan and boarded the bus at Vijay Pur, Jammu and Kashmir, Vijaypur. When the bus neared Kaluchak, they shot the driver and the conductor and opened fire on the passengers. On hearing the shots in the bus, the Indian army soldiers fired in their direction. The terrorists, who were dressed in Indian army fatigues, returned fire and att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Qasim Nagar Massacre
The 2002 Qasim Nagar massacre was the killing of 29 Hindu labourers in Qasim Nagar on the outskirts of Jammu city in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir by militants Background Killings of civilians had been intermittent but regular feature of the Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. Several prior incidents like Gawkadal massacre, Handwara massacre and Hawal massacre are some of the brutal ones. The attack On 13 July 2002, around 8 pm, up to eight suspected militants walked into the Qasimnagar slum on the outskirts of Jammu Disguised as Hindu holy men. They then threw three or four grenades before opening fire with automatic weapons (AK-47s). Within minutes 24 people, all Hindus were dead. Three more died later in hospital and at least 30 were injured, some critically. The dead included 13 women and a child. The gunmen escaped into the thickly wooded hills nearby. The victims were listening to the commentary of Indian-England cricket match. There was a power c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Amarnath Pilgrimage Massacre
On 30 July and 6 August 2002, in the month of Shraavana, 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a terror attack by Islamic extremists from Lashkar-e-Taiba's front group of ''al-Mansuriyan'', on Nunwan base camp at Pahalgam of the Amarnath Temple#Yatra (pilgrimage) details and routes, Amarnath Hindu pilgrimage (Yatra) to Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir.2003Chronology of Major Killings in Jammu and Kashmir Volume 2, No. 11.] In the spate of attacks on Yatra in the third consecutive year, 2 pilgrims were killed and 3 injured on 30 July when terrorists threw grenades at a civilian taxi of pilgrims in Srinagar. Further, 9 people were killed and 27 injured on 6 August by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists' hail of bullets at Nunwan base camp at Pahalgam. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Kot Charwal Massacre
2001 Kot Charwal massacre was the killing of 15 ethnic-Bakarwals by Islamic militants in the village of Chalwalkote, in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 9 February 2001. Background A violent insurgency has been going on in Jammu and Kashmir since 1989. The militants had intermittently massacred villagers who did not support their cause. The state government had supplied arms to the villagers who had formed Village Defence Committees (VDC) so that they could protect themselves from the militants. The militants suspected the villagers to be informants for Indian Army. The attack The militants came at night and initially asked the villagers to hand over the female members of the village for satisfying their sexual urges. When the villagers resisted this they were attacked.15 members of 3 nomad families ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Kishtwar Massacre
2001 Kishtwar massacre was the killing of 17 Hindu villagers in village Ladder near Kishtwar in Doda District of Jammu and Kashmir by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants on 3 August 2001 . The attack According to the police, a group of 10 militants swooped on the village and dragged 20 males belonging to the Hindu community out of their houses. They were taken to the adjacent rocky mountain belt and shot. Five villagers were wounded. The aftermath These killings were subsequently discussed in Indian parliament with opposition criticizing the Government. Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Mujib-ur-Rahman was killed by security forces 3 days later. His logbook had an entry dated 3 August, "The warriors of the Lashkar-e-Toiba have killed 19 unbelievers. This is our challenge to the Indian government." A complete bandh was observed in Jammu Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Amarnath Pilgrimage Massacre
On 20 July 2001, in the month of Shraavana, 13 people were killed and 15 other injured in a terror attack on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag Lake near the Amarnath Temple glacial cave shrine in Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir, in two explosions and firing by militants."Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage" First Post, 11 July 2017.Vicky Nanjappa [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
