Goreswar massacre

Goreswar massacre
LocationGoreswar, Kamrup district (now Baksa district), Assam, India
Date3 July 1960 (UTC+5:30)
TargetBengali Hindus
Attack type
Massacre, ethnic cleansing, pogrom
WeaponsGuns, spears, swords, scythes, bows and arrows
DeathsAt least 9 men and 1 woman
InjuredMore than 1,000
50,000 people fled to West Bengal
PerpetratorsAssamese mobs

The Goreswar massacre was the massacre of Bengali Hindus in Goreswar, in the Kamrup district (now Baksa district) of the Indian state of Assam. The massacre was part of a pre-planned pogrom, organized in a meeting of the local Teachers' Association.