Khapra Ward Massacre

Khapra Ward Massacre
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Native name	খাপড়া ওয়ার্ড গণহত্যা
Location	Rajshahi Central Jail, Rajshahi, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan, (Now in Bangladesh)
Date	24 April 1950
Attack type	Murder
Deaths	7
Injured	30
Victims	Communist activists
Perpetrators	Jail authorities

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History Workers and Peasants Party Communist Party of India Tebhaga movement Tanka movement Khapra Ward Massacre Communist Party of Pakistan Nankar Rebellion 1962 East Pakistan Education movement Communist Party of East Pakistan 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising Non-cooperation movement of 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War NAP-CPB-BSU Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal Gonobahini Biplobi Shainik Sangstha 1974 Ramna massacre 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency Soldier–People's Revolution 1990 Bangladesh mass uprising Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh July Mass Uprising Non-cooperation movement of 2024
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Khapra Ward Massacre (Bengali: খাপড়া ওয়ার্ড গণহত্যা) was a massacre that took place on 24 April 1950 in Rajshahi Central Jail (then in Pakistan, now in Bangladesh). In this incident, jail authorities opened fire on political prisoners, primarily Communist activists, killing seven prisoners and injuring about 30 others.