1948 Gujrat train massacre

1948 Gujrat train massacre
LocationGujrat
Coordinates32°33′48″N 74°03′51″E / 32.5632297°N 74.0641426°E / 32.5632297; 74.0641426
Date12 January 1948
TargetHindu and Sikh refugees
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths1,300–1,600
Injured150
PerpetratorsMuslim Pathans

The 1948 Gujrat train massacre was an attack on a refugee train and massacre of Hindu and Sikh refugees by armed Muslim Pathans at Gujrat, Pakistan on 12 January 1948.[1][2] 1,300–1,600 Hindus and Sikhs were killed in the massacre, 150 were wounded.[3][4] The train was carrying 2,400 Hindu and Sikh refugees from the North West Frontier Province and taking them to India following their displacement due to the partition of India in August of the previous year. Only 750 of these refugees are reported to have survived and made it to India.[5][4]

  1. ^ "1700 Refugees Butchered On Train In India". Border Morning Mail. 15 January 1948. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ Khosla 1989, p. 229.
  3. ^ "1,300 Killed in fresh Punjab clash". The Argus. 15 January 1948. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Refugees Killed In Punjab". 16 January 1948. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Moslems Kill Nearly 1300 Hindus, Sikhs". Examiner. 15 January 1948. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

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