What the records say
- When
- 24 Sep 1947
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 408
- Coordinates
- 31.98° N, 74.22° E
- Description
- 1947 massacre in Kamoke, Pakistan
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
1947 Kamoke train massacre
Massacre in Kamoke, Pakistan
The 1947 Kamoke train massacre was an attack on a refugee train and subsequent massacre of Hindu and Sikh refugees by a Muslim mob at Kamoke, Pakistan on 24 September 1947 following the partition of India. The train was carrying approx 3,000-3,500 refugees from West Punjab and was attacked 25 miles from Lahore by a mob of thousands of Muslims.
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