Char Bhadrasan massacre

Name: Char Bhadrasan massacre
Start: 1971

1971 CE.

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Char Bhadrasan massacre (Bengali: চরভদ্রাসন গণহত্যা) refers to the massacre of around 60 unarmed Bengali Hindu residents in Char Bhadrasan in Faridpur district of East Pakistan by the Pakistani occupation army and the Razakars in the middle of May 1971. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami led a team of Razakars and Pakistani army to the Hindu-dominated villages of Baidyadangi, Majhidangi and Baladangi where they massacred 50–60 unarmed Bengali Hindus. The attackers set fire to 300–350 Hindu households forcing them to flee the country.

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