1991 Punjab killings
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The 1991 Punjab killings was a massacre of train passengers that occurred on 15 June, 1991 in Ludhiana district
, Punjab
state, India
. The Sikh
militants killed at least 80 train passengers travelling in two trains near the city of Ludhiana in India
. The militants attacked two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by having their emergency cords pulled. They opened fire inside the passenger trains and killed at least 80 passengers. The survivors stated that on one of the two trains Hindu
passengers were identified before being shot. On the second train the militants fired indiscriminately and many Hindus were killed. Between April, when elections were announced, and the June attack a total of 700 people had died in the state.
In the same year in December 1991 the militants further killed 49 passengers, mostly Hindu, travelling on train from Ludhiana to Ferozepur.
Ludhiana District
-Rainfall:The rainfall in the district increases from the southwest toward the northeast. About 70% of the rainfall is received during the period of July through September...
, Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
state, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The Sikh
Sikh
A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...
militants killed at least 80 train passengers travelling in two trains near the city of Ludhiana in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The militants attacked two trains about a kilometre from Ludhiana station by having their emergency cords pulled. They opened fire inside the passenger trains and killed at least 80 passengers. The survivors stated that on one of the two trains Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
passengers were identified before being shot. On the second train the militants fired indiscriminately and many Hindus were killed. Between April, when elections were announced, and the June attack a total of 700 people had died in the state.
In the same year in December 1991 the militants further killed 49 passengers, mostly Hindu, travelling on train from Ludhiana to Ferozepur.
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- PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
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