List of massacres in Jammu and Kashmir

The human right abuses and some of the massacres in the history of Jammu and Kashmir are listed below. ^{[a] [1]}

1865

Dogra rule

1865 Zaldagar massacre

1931

Dogra rule

• 1931 kashmir agitation

1947

Partition of India

• 1947 Jammu massacres
• 1947-1948 Rajouri massacre
• 1947 Mirpur massacre

1980s

Kashmiri Muslims

• 1986 Kashmir riots

1990

Indian security forces

• Gawakadal massacre ^[1]
• Handwara massacre ^[1]
• Zakoora and Tengpora massacre ^[1]
• Hawal massacre ^{[1] [2]}
• 1990 Pazipora massacre ^[3]

1991

Indian security forces

• 1991 Chotta Bazaar massacre ^[4]

1993

Indian security forces

• Bijbehara massacre ^[1]
• Sopore massacre ^[1]
• 1993 Lal Chowk fire ^[1]

1994

Indian security forces

• Kupwara massacre

1995

Terrorists

• 1995 kidnapping of western tourists in Jammu and Kashmir

1997

Terrorists

• 1997 Sangrampora massacre

1998

Terrorists

• 1998 Wandhama massacre
• 1998 Prankote massacre
• 1998 Chapnari massacre

2000

Terrorists

• 2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre

Undetermined

• Chittisinghpura massacre

2001

Terrorists

• 2001 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
• 2001 Kishtwar massacre
• 2001 Kot Charwal massacre

2002

Terrorists

• 2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
• 2002 Qasim Nagar massacre
• 2002 Kaluchak massacre
• 2002 Raghunath temple attacks

2003

Terrorists

• 2003 Nadimarg massacre

2004

Terrorists

• 2004 Teli Katha massacre

2006

Terrorists

• 2006 Doda massacre

2017

Terrorists

• 2017 Amarnath Yatra attack

2019

Terrorists

• 2019 Kulgam massacre

2025

Terrorists

• 2025 Pahalgam attack

See also

• Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir
• Rape in Kashmir conflict

References

1. Shubh Mathur (2016). The Human Toll of the Kashmir Conflict: Grief and Courage in a South Asian Borderland (1st ed.). Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 33. ISBN   978-1-349-57590-9.
2. Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Dr.R.Moorthy (2016). "Impact of Security Provisions in Kashmir" (PDF). International Journal of Social Impact. 1, 4: 6–10. ISBN   978-1-365-47905-2. ISSN   2455-670X.
3. Bhat, Tahir (8 August 2018). "Summer Slaughter". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
4. "30 years of Impunity: The Undocumented Chota Bazar Massacre". The Kashmiriyat. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

1. An incomplete list of the massacres...would begin thus... ^[1]