What the records say
- When
- 15 Jul 1987
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 5
- Coordinates
- 16.30° N, 80.45° E
- Description
- 1987 caste-based massacre in India
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Neerukonda massacre
1987 caste-based massacre in India
The Neerukonda Massacre happened in Andhra Pradesh on July 15, 1987, in Neerukonda village, inside the Guntur district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. An angry mob composed of members of the Kamma caste began attacking Dalit Malas after some of them held a wedding ceremony inside the town's upper-caste areas. The rioters killed five people, one a Yadav and the remaining four Malas.
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