Chuknagar Genocide

Chuknagar Genocide ( _bn. চুকনগর গণহত্যা) was a military genocide committed by the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The genocide took place on 20 May 1971 at Dumuria in KhulnaCitation
last =Alam | first =Masud | last2 =Abdullah | first2 =Kazi | title =চুকনগর গণহত্যা
newspaper =Prothom Alo | pages =11 | year = | date =20 May | url = ] and it was one of the biggest genocides during the war. [Citation
title =Chuknagar genocide day observed
newspaper =New Age | pages =11 | year =2006 | date =21 May
url=http://www.newagebd.com/2006/may/21/nat.html ]

Genocide

After the start of the war many people from Khulna and Bagerhat Bhodra River and came to Chuknagar. Chuknagar is a small town at Dumuria of Khulna and it is very close to the Indian border. As a result, people came here to cross the border into India. At about 11a.m. on 20 May, a group of 14-15 Pakistani military personnel came on a jeep and stopped at a place called "Jhautala" at the left corner of the Chuknagar Bazaar. They opened fire on the Pathkhola grounds and later moved to Chuknagar Bazaar and continued firing until 3p.m.

There was no exact evidence of how many people had died at Chuknagar. Eye witnesses estimated the number to be between 8 to 10 thousand.cite web
title =Chuknagar: The largest genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971
work =Muktodhara | url =http://www.muktadhara.net/page35.html
accessdate =2007-10-31 ] The Pakistani army threw many dead bodies in the river and later local people was forced to throw them to it.

Memorial

A memorial was built to pay homage to the people who died in the Genocide. The memorial is called "Chuknagar Shohid Smritishoudho" or Chuknagar martyred memorial.

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