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2000 Chittisinghpura massacre
| Chittisinghpura massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chittisinghpura, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Date | 20 March 2000 |
| Target | Sikhs |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Deaths | 35 |
| Perpetrators | Undetermined[1][2] |
The Chittisinghpura massacre refers to the mass murder of 35 Sikh villagers on 20 March 2000 in the village of Chittisinghpura (also spelled Chittisinghpora) in Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir, India on the eve of the American president Bill Clinton's state visit to India.[3][4][5]
The identity of the perpetrators remains unknown. The Indian government asserts that the massacre was conducted by Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).[6][7][8] Other accounts accuse the Indian Army of the massacre.[9][10][11][12]
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- ^ "Kashmiri Sikhs demand re-investigation into Chattisinghpora massacre". Deccan Chronicle. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Kashmir killings overshadow Clinton visit". BBC News. 21 March 2000. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Popham, Peter (22 March 2000). "Massacre of 36 Sikhs overshadows Clinton's tour". The Independent. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Swami, Praveen (1 April 2000). "The massacre at Chattisinghpora". Frontline. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Harding, Luke (22 March 2000). "Killing of Sikhs clouds Clinton visit to India". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Lashkar behind Sikh massacre in Kashmir in 2000, says Headley". Hindustan Times. 25 October 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Daiya, Kavita (2011), Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and National Culture in Postcolonial India, Temple University Press, p. 1, ISBN 9781592137442, archived from the original on 16 January 2023, retrieved 27 March 2023,
On March 21, 2000, in the war-torn state of Kashmir in India, Islamic militants massacred thirty-five Sikh men from the village of Chitti Singhpora. It was Holi, the festival of colors. Militants with bright Holi colors on their faces wore Indian military uniforms, arrived in the village, told the villagers they were from the army, and dragged the Sikh men out of their houses on the pretext of an "identification parade." All the Sikh men, young and old, were lined up against two walls in the village, and then shot to death. Since the targeting and subsequent exodus of Hindu Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir, this was the first time the Sikh community was targeted and brutally massacre.
- ^ Bhat, Saima (26 March 2012). "The lone survivor: Nanak Singh". Kashmir Life. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Bhat, Aamir Ali (21 March 2019). "'Names of killers still reverberate in my ears': 19 years after Chittisinghpora massacre, lone survivor recounts night that killed 35 Sikhs". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Rift in the valley". The Economist. 24 August 2010. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Singh, Gurpreet (19 March 2018). "India Owes Answers For The Killings Of 36 Sikhs And 14 Others In Kashmir". Countercurrents. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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