What the records say
- When
- 17 Apr 1971
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 1,400
- Coordinates
- 24.81° N, 88.99° E
- Description
- massacre in 1971 in Bangladesh
Placed at the town its title names, Santahar.
Santahar massacre
1971 massacre in East Pakistan
The Santahar massacre was a massacre of thousands of Bihari and non-Bengali men, women and children in the railway town of Santahar, Naogaon District, East Pakistan, carried out by the Mukti Bahini and Bengali mobs between March and April 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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