What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1939
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 49
- Coordinates
- 20.50° N, 84.42° E
- Description
- Massacre in Odisha, India
Placed at the region its description names, Odisha.
Amko Simko massacre
Massacre in Odisha, India
The Amko Simko massacre or Amco Simco firing took place on 25 April 1939, when Lt. E. W. Marger ordered troops of the British Indian Army to open fire on a crowd of tribal peasants resisting the arrest of their leader Nirmal Munda in Simko village, Gangpur estate.
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