Contact Admin. The Rajshahi massacres took place in April , marked by widespread ethnic violence and killings of minorities in Rajshahi and Pabna districts of East Pakistan. In , Ayub Khan led military junta came to power in Pakistan. From the very beginning, the policy of the Ayub regime was to cleanse East Pakistan of the Bengali Hindu and other minorities. On 20 April, the ethnic tension between the two groups led to another ethnic riot.
The Pakistani press not only published exaggerated figures of Muslim casualties in Maldah district , even though there was no incident of ethnic violence in the district. Pakistan Radio too broadcast false stories of atrocities on minorities in India.
The District Magistrate of Rajshahi did not take any steps to stop the attacks. Killings, rape, loot and arson continued for days. They were attacked in the passenger trains at the Rajshahi railway station and in the market adjacent to the Natore railway station.
The Assistant High Commissioner in Rajshahi came to the rescue of the minorities. The intervention of the Indian Assistant High Commission at resulted in the troops being called and the massacre was stopped. Around 11, Santhals and Rajbanshis migrated to India.
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