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{{Infobox civilian attack
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| location = Birchandra Manu village, [[Belonia, India|Belonia sub-division]], southern [[Tripura]], [[India]]
| target = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] office
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| date = {{Start date|df=yes|1988|10|12}}
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| fatalities = 13+
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}}On 12 October 1988, activists of the [[Indian National Congress]] attacked a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] office in Birchandra Manu village,<ref>The village is located at {{Coord|23|22|21|N|91|30|51|E|display=inline|name=Birchandra Manu village}}</ref> [[Belonia, India|Belonia sub-division]] in southern [[Tripura]], India. The attack took place whilst the CPI(M) cadres were hoisting a [[red flag (politics)|red flag]] to mark the re-opening of their local party office (which had been closed following previous attacks from Congress workers) at 4 pm.<ref name="a"/><ref name="b"/> Present at the hoisting ceremony were two prominent CPI(M) leaders, the [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] member [[Sridam Pal]] and the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] member [[Brajamohan Jamatia]].<ref name="b"/>

Eleven CPI(M) cadres were killed.<ref name="a"/> Sridam Pal was amongst the dead, whilst Brajamohan Jamatia narrowly escaped death.<ref name="b"/> Other victims included village ''pradhans'' and members of the divisional committee of the party.<ref name="a">People's Democracy. ''[http://pd.cpim.org/2012/0311_pd/03112012_17.html Comrade Brajamohan Jamatia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808202504/http://pd.cpim.org/2012/0311_pd/03112012_17.html |date=8 August 2012 }}''</ref> Two security officers, attached to Sridam Pal, were killed whilst trying to halt the attack.<ref name="b">Sharma, Suresh K., and Usha Sharma. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nzUlNjhiITkC&pg=PA133 Documents on North-East India: An Exhaustive Survey]''. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2006. pp. 133–134</ref>

The Tripura state government (the state was governed by an Indian National Congress-[[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]] coalition at the time) stated that the killings had been a clash between two parties. The CPI(M), in a statement issued by its [[Politburo]], refuted this claim and argued that the violence had been a pre-meditated attack intended to eliminate CPI(M) cadres.<ref name="b"/>

A martyrs' column was erected in Birchandra Manu in remembrance of the people killed in the event.<ref name="a"/> In March 2011 the Congress leader Subal Bhowmik expressed an unconditional apology for various violent incidents during the rule of his party in the state during 1988 and 1993, including the Birchandra Manu killings.<ref>North East Life. ''[http://thenortheastlife.com/ShowPost.php?action=fullnews&showcomments=1&id=344 Congress begs apology for mistakes]'' {{deadlink|date=January 2019}}</ref>

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[[Category:1988 in India]]
[[Category:Massacres in India]]
[[Category:Massacres in 1988]]
[[Category:History of Tripura (1947–present)]]
[[Category:Crime in Tripura]]

Birchandra Manu massacre - Revision history

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