Goreswar massacre
| Goreswar massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Goreswar, Kamrup district (now Baksa district), Assam, India |
| Date | 3 July 1960 (UTC+5:30) |
| Target | Bengali Hindus |
Attack type | Massacre, ethnic cleansing, pogrom |
| Weapons | Guns, spears, swords, scythes, bows and arrows |
| Deaths | At least 9 men and 1 woman |
| Injured | More than 1,000 50,000 people fled to West Bengal |
| Perpetrators | Assamese 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.