Gorta, also called Gorta (B) is a village located in
Bidar district
Bidar district is the northernmost part of the Karnataka state in India. The administrative headquarters of district is Bidar city. Geographically, it resembles the "Crown of the State", occupying its northeastern end. It is bounded by Kamared ...
,
Karnataka,
India. It is located in
Hulsur taluk.
Demography
As per 2001 census, Gorta village has a population of 2991 distributed in 577 house holds.
The village has post office with pin code 585327.
Gorta massacre
During 1948, during post-independence violence, hundreds of villagers in Gorta village were massacred by
Razakars Razakar (رضا کار) is etymologically an Arabic word which literally means volunteer. The word is also common in Urdu language as a loanword. On the other hand, in Bangladesh, razakar is a pejorative word meaning a traitor or Judas.
In Pakista ...
of Hyderabad.
The village is also described as ''Jallianwalabag of Karnataka'' in view of mass killings witnessed on 9 and 10 May 1948.
[ A stone plaque installed in front of the village gives the date of mass killing as 5 May 1948 and the fight continued for about two weeks.][ Shri K.M.Munshi, then Agent General of Union Government (of India), who visited the village after the massacre, in his book "End of an Era" (page 131 and 132) puts total deaths figures around 200 and property destruction worth Rs.70 lakhs.][
The bitter memories of the massacre are remembered by the women folk of the village by way of songs called ''Bhulai pada'', a semi-folk song.][ Local people and certain political parties have collected Rs.27 lakhs (as of September 2014) with an intention to construct a 35 foot tall memorial in the village]
References
Villages in Bidar district
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