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Chuknagar massacre (চুকনগর গণহত্যা) was a massacre of Bengali Hindus committed by the Pakistan Army and local Razakars during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[1]

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  1. 21 relations: Bagerhat District, Bangladesh Liberation War, Bengali Hindus, Bhodra River, Burst mode (weapons), Dumuria Upazila, Janakantha, Jibondhuli, Khulna, Khulna District, Light machine gun, List of massacres in Bangladesh, Mass murder, Massacre, Operation Searchlight, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistan Army, Razakars (Pakistan), Sarmila Bose, Semi-automatic firearm, Semi-automatic rifle.

  2. Massacres committed by Pakistan in East Pakistan
  3. Massacres in 1971
  4. Massacres of Bengali Hindus in East Pakistan
  5. Massacres of Bengali Muslims
  6. May 1971 events in Asia
  7. Military history of Pakistan
  8. Persecution of Hindus
  9. Persecution of Hindus by Muslims

Bagerhat District

Bagerhat District (বাগেরহাট, pron: bageɾɦaʈ) is a district in south-western Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War (মুক্তিযুদ্ধ), also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence and known as the Liberation War in Bangladesh, was an armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in East Pakistan, which resulted in the independence of Bangladesh. Chuknagar massacre and Bangladesh Liberation War are military history of Pakistan.

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Bengali Hindus

Bengali Hindus (translit) are an ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, and Assam's Barak Valley region.

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Bhodra River

Bhodra river (Bengali: ভদ্রা নদী) flows across the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.

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Burst mode (weapons)

In automatic firearms, burst mode or burst-fire is a firing mode enabling the shooter to fire a predetermined number of rounds, usually two or three rounds on hand held weapons to fifty or more rounds on autocannons, with a single pull of the trigger.

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Dumuria Upazila

Dumuria (ডুমুরিয়া) is an upazila of Khulna District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.

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Janakantha

Daily Janakantha (দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ Dainik Janakanṭha "Daily People's Voice") is a Bengali daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Jibondhuli

Jibondhuli (জীবনঢুলী), also known as The Drummer, is a 2014 Bangladeshi Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Tanvir Mokammel, produced under Kino-Eye Films.

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Khulna

Khulna (খুলনা) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong.

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Khulna District

The Khulna District (খুলনা জেলা, Khulna Jela also Khulna Zila) is a district of Bangladesh.

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Light machine gun

A light machine gun (LMG) is a light-weight machine gun designed to be operated by a single infantryman, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.

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List of massacres in Bangladesh

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Bangladesh (numbers may be approximate).

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Mass murder

Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.

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Massacre

A massacre is an event of killing people who are not engaged in hostilities or are defenseless.

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Operation Searchlight

Operation Searchlight was a military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan in March 1971. Chuknagar massacre and operation Searchlight are 1971 Bangladesh genocide.

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Pakistan Armed Forces

The Pakistan Armed Forces are the military forces of Pakistan.

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Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army, commonly known as the Pak Army (پاک فوج|translit.

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Razakars (Pakistan)

The Razakar (رضا کار, literally "volunteer"; রাজাকার) was an East Pakistani paramilitary force organised by General Tikka Khan in then East Pakistan, now called Bangladesh, during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

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Sarmila Bose

Sarmila Bose is an Indian-American journalist, academic and lawyer.

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Semi-automatic firearm

A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to manually actuate the trigger in order to discharge each shot.

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Semi-automatic rifle

A semi-automatic rifle is an autoloading rifle that fires a single cartridge with each pull of the trigger and uses part of the fired cartridge's energy to eject the case and load another cartridge into the chamber.

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See also

Massacres committed by Pakistan in East Pakistan

Massacres in 1971

Massacres of Bengali Hindus in East Pakistan

Massacres of Bengali Muslims

May 1971 events in Asia

Military history of Pakistan

Persecution of Hindus

Persecution of Hindus by Muslims

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuknagar_massacre

Also known as Chuknagar Genocide.