The human right abuses and some of the massacres in the history of
Jammu and Kashmir are listed below.
1931
Dogra rule
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1931 kashmir agitation
1947
Partition of India
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1947 Jammu massacres
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1947-1948 Rajouri massacre
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1947 Mirpur massacre
After the Partition of India, during October–November 1947 in the Jammu region of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, many Muslims were massacred and others driven away to West Punjab. The killings were carried out by extremist Hindus ...
1980s and 1990s
Kashmiri Hindus
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Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
The Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, or Pandits, is their early-1990 forced
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* migration, or flight, from the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir following rising violence in an insurgency. Of a total Pandit ...
1990
Indian security forces
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Gawakadal massacre
The Gawkadal massacre was named after the Gawkadal bridge in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where, on 21 January 1990, the Indian paramilitary troops of the Central Reserve Police Force opened fire on a group of Kashmiri protesters in wha ...
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Handwara massacre
The Handwara massacre was a massacre of 21 unarmed protesters by the Border Security Force of India in the town of Handwara, Kashmir on 25 January 1990.
Background
On 21 January 1990, Central Reserve Police Force opened fire on a group of prote ...
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Zakoora and Tengpora massacre
The Zakura And Tengpora Massacre was the killing of protesters calling for the implementation of a United Nations resolution regarding the plebiscite in Kashmir at Zakura Crossing and Tengpora Bypass Road in Srinagar on 1 March 1990, in which ...
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Hawl Massacre
1993
Indian security forces
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Bijbehara massacre
The Bijbehara Massacre took place when 74th Battalion Border Security Force (BSF) fired upon protesters in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, India on 22 October 1993, killing 51 civilians. In the official version of events, BSF had only ...
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Sopore massacre
The Sopore massacre refers to the killing of at least 43 civilians by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) who were travelling on a bus from Bandipur to Sopore in Kashmir on 6 January 1993.
Background
Sopore is a major town in Kashmir with ...
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1993 Lal Chowk fire
1994
Indian security forces
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Kupwara massacre
1995
Terrorists
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1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir
1997
Terrorists
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1997 Sangrampora massacre
1998
Terrorists
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1998 Wandhama massacre
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1998 Prankote massacre
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1998 Champanari massacre
2000
Terrorists
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2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
The 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage attack on 1-2 August was the massacre of at least 89 people (official count) to 105 (as reported by PTI) and injury to at least 62 people, in at least five different coordinated attacks by Islamist militants in Anan ...
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Chittisinghpura massacre
2001
Terrorists
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2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
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2001 Kishtwar massacre
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2001 Kot Charwal massacre
2002
Terrorists
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2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
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2002 Qasim Nagar massacre
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2002 Kaluchak massacre
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2002 Raghunath temple attacks
2003
Terrorists
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2003 Nadimarg massacre
2004
Terrorists
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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 ...
2006
Terrorists
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2006 Doda massacre
2017
Terrorists
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2017 Amarnath Yatra attack
2018
Terrorists
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Sunjuwan Terror Attack 2018
2019
Terrorists
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2019 Pulwama attack
The 2019 Pulwama attack occurred on 14 February 2019, when a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethapora in the Pulwama district o ...
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2019 Kulgam massacre
See also
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Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir
Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of speech. The Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), ...
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Rape in Kashmir conflict
The Kashmir conflict has been beset by large scale usage of sexual violence by multiple belligerents since its inception.
Mass rapes were carried out by Dogra dynasty, Dogra troops as well as Hindu and Sikh mobs during the 1947 Jammu massacres ...
References
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Massacres
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...