Gua massacre

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Gua Massacre
Location Gua, Bihar (now in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand)
Date8 September 1980
Target Adivasi protesters
Attack type
Mass murder
Deaths13
Perpetrators Bihar Military Police

The Gua Massacre, took place on 8 September 1980, when forces of the Bihar Military Police (BMP) committed an act of mass murder against the tribals at a hospital in Gua, Bihar (present-day West Singhbhum, Jharkhand). [1] [2] [3] [4]

Victims

The memorial located at Gua, Jharkhand, lists the names and villages of the victims of the Gua Massacre.

#Name of victims [5] Villages
1Ishwar SardarKairom
2Ramo LaguriChurgi
3Chando Laguri
4Rango SurinKumbia
5Baghi DevgamJojoguttu
6Jitu Surin
7Chaitanya ChampiaBaihatu
8Churu HansdaHatnaburu
9Jura PurtyBundu
10Gonda HonhagaKolaiburu
11Chambe RadheBara Pogam

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