Sitakunda massacre

Sitakunda massacre সীতাকুণ্ড হত্যাকাণ্ড
Location	Sitakunda, Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Coordinates	22°37′24″N 91°39′37″E / 22.6233°N 91.6603°E / 22.6233; 91.6603
Date	15 February 1950 (UTC+6:00)
Target	Bengali Hindus
Attack type	mass murder, massacre
Weapons	Swords, machetes
Perpetrators	Muslim mobs, Ansars[citation needed]

Sitakunda massacre (Bengali: সীতাকুণ্ড হত্যাকাণ্ড) refers to the massacre of Hindu pilgrims on 15 February 1950.^[1] The Hindu pilgrims from all over East Bengal, Tripura and Assam were on their way to Sitakunda on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri at the Chandranath temple. The pilgrims were attacked by the Ansars and armed Muslim mobs^{[citation needed]} and massacred at the Sitakunda railway station.