Chuknagar massacre

Chuknagar Genocide
Chuknagar massacre is located in Bangladesh
Chuknagar massacre
Native nameচুকনগর গণহত্যা
LocationChuknagar, Khulna, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Date20 May 1971 (UTC+6:00)
TargetBengali Hindus[1]
Attack type
Burst fire, mass murder, genocidal massacre, ethnic cleansing
WeaponsLight machine guns, semi-automatic rifles
Deaths10,000 - 12,000[1]
PerpetratorsPakistan Army, Razakars
MotiveAnti-Hindu sentiment, racism

Chuknagar massacre (Bengali: চুকনগর গণহত্যা) was a massacre of Bengali Hindus committed by the Pakistan Army and local Razakars during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[1] The massacre took place on 20 May 1971 at Dumuria in Khulna[2] and it was one of the largest massacres during the war.[3] According to local estimates, between 10,000 and 12,000 people were killed, though the exact number of persons killed in the massacre is not known.[1] Academic Sarmila Bose, in her controversial book.[4] dismisses claims that 10,000 were killed as "unhelpful", and argues that the reported number of attackers could have shot no more than several hundred people before running out of ammunition.[5] The majority of people killed in the massacre were men, although an unknown number of women and children were murdered as well.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Recognize Chuknagar Genocide, demand activists". Dhaka Tribune. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ Rahman, Md Mujibur (20 May 2013), ২০ মে চুকনগর গণহত্যা দিবস [20 May Chuknagar Day Massacre], The Daily Janakantha (in Bengali), archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 15 October 2015
  3. ^ "Chuknagar genocide day observed", New Age, p. 11, 21 May 2006, archived from the original on 23 October 2007
  4. ^ Lawson, Alastair (16 June 2011). "Controversial book accuses Bengalis of 1971 war crimes". BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ Sarmila Bose (2011), Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War, London: Hurst and Co, p. 124, ISBN 978-1-84904-049-5
  6. ^ Sarmila Bose (2011), Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War, London: Hurst and Co, pp. 119–122, ISBN 978-1-84904-049-5