1947 Kamoke train massacre

Massacre in Kamoke, Pakistan 1947 Kamoke train massacre Millions fled across the border to the other country.jpg A train full of refugees travelling between India and Pakistan in 1947 Kamoke 31.9765147 74.2220167 Hindu and Sikh refugees 24 September 1947 Massacre 408 (per government report)Ahmed 2022 457 587 (per government report)Ahmed 2022 457 Muslims The 1947 Kamoke train massacre was an attack on a refugee train and subsequent massacre of Hindu and Sikh refugees by a Muslim mob at Kamoke, Pakistan on 24 September 1947 following the partition of India.Ahmed 2022 456 The train was carrying approx 3,000-3,500 refugees from West PunjabKhosla 1989 151 and was attacked 25 miles from Lahore by a mob of thousands of Muslims.Another Indian Train Massacre https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/84013436 19 March 2023 The Daily News 26 September 1947 Figures for the number of people killed vary, with West Punjab officials reporting figures of around 400 and East Punjab-based reports suggesting thousands of casualties. Additionally, around 600 female refugees were abducted by the attackers.Khosla 1989 152Train Passengers Slaughtered https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107769344 19 March 2023 The Muswellbrook Chronicle 26 September 1947 Local railway officials, Muslim League National Guards and local goons aided and participated in the massacre and the subsequent abductions of the surviving female refugees.Major Andrew 1995 Abduction of women during the partition of the Punjab South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 18 1 10.1080/00856409508723244 62 Describing the massacre of refugees at Kamoke, in Gujranwala district, on 24 September 1947, an Indian official wrote, 'The most ignoble feature of the tragedy was the distribution of young girls amongst the members of the Police Force, the National Guards and the local goondas. The S.H.O. [Station House Officer] Dildar Hussain collected the victims in an open space near Kamoke Railway Station and gave a free hand to the mob. After the massacre was over, the girls were distributed like sweets.' Massacre A train carrying Hindu and Sikh refugees from West Punjab was headed for India. Most of the refugees had been placed in open livestock wagons.Khosla 1989 151 The train was halted for the night, apparently due to damage to the track. Muslim gangs were seen roaming around the train through the night, and by morning a large mob of Muslims gathered outside the train.Khosla 1989 152 The train was attacked at noon and the refugees were killed. Young women and girls were abducted by the attackers.Khosla 1989 151-152 The attack is reported to have lasted 40 minutes. The Muslim attackers are reported to have attacked the train from the back.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19470926.2.78 Moslems attack train, slay Hindus, Sikhs 19 March 2023 Northern Advocate 26 September 1947 The troops which were escorting the train, consisting of 13 Hindu and 8 Muslim soldiers — reportedly fired upon the attackers and killed 78 of them. The train was reportedly taken to Gujranwala after the massacre so that the injured could be treated at a hospital. Casualties Initial reports put the number of dead at 340 and that of wounded at 250 as announced by the West Punjab government. In reports appearing a week from the incident, The Tribune reported that only 150 people had survived out of a total 3,500 refugees, suggesting a much higher death toll.Ahmed 2022 456 G.D. Khosla states that “almost the entire body of passengers was killed”, and around 600 women and girls were abducted.Khosla 1989 p.152: "At 12 noon, the train was attacked and almost the entire body of passengers was killed. About six hundred young girls were carried away." A report by Pakistan's Punjab police put the figure of dead at 408, with an additional 587 injured. It also reported “a large number” of female refugees abducted.Ahmed 2022 457 See also Rawalpindi Massacres 1948 Gujrat train massacre References Bibliography Ahmed Ishtiaq The Punjab Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed: Unravelling the 1947 Tragedy through Secret British Reports and First-Person Accounts https://books.google.com/books?id=kooxugAACAAJ Rupa/OUP Pakistan 2011 978-93-5520-578-0 978-0-19-906470-0 Ahmed Ishtiaq Ishtiaq Ahmed (political scientist) The Punjab: Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed New Delhi Rupa Publications 978-93-5520-578-0 2022 Khosla Gopal Das Stern Reckoning: A Survey of the Events leading up to and following the Partition of India Delhi Oxford University Press 1989 9780195624175 22415680 Category:Anti-Hindu violence in Pakistan Category:Massacres of Hindus in the 1940s Category:Massacres of Sikhs Category:Rail transport in Punjab, Pakistan Category:1947 in Pakistan Category:Massacres in 1947 Category:September 1947 in Asia Category:1947 in rail transport Category:Transport disasters in 1947 Category:India–Pakistan relations Category:1947 disasters in Pakistan Category:Persecution of Hindus by Muslims